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Review of Klimt
Raul Ruiz's excessively expressionistic film just winds up a jumbled messby Zachary Wigon It’s hardly original to point out that, in works of art, the division between form and content is a porous one. There are numerous films – many of them excellent – wherein the style and formal choices made exert a strong influence on how the narrative, characters and ... read more Posted on 01/29/2008 by FC Scribes 
Review of Music Within
Feel-good biopic fails to reach beyond the level of facile sentimentalityby Zachary Wigon There’s something to be said for formulas. When formulas work, they work. This goes without saying in the realm of science. In the realm of art, the success or failure of a formula is given a bit more variability. One wants to follow the formula closely enough that ... read more Posted on 01/29/2008 by FC Scribes 
Review of Honeydripper
Sayles soaks his paean to the blues in Southern mythologyby Zachary Wigon The blind guitar player. The runaway train-hopper. The drunken knife fight. The last chance at saving the establishment. They're all elements of folklore and mythology, be it Southern blues mythology (the first three) or cinematic mythology (the last one). How many films have we seen where a proprietor ... read more Posted on 01/29/2008 by FC Scribes 
Review of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Mungiu's "Abortion" Drama Is A High-Water Mark Of The Romanian New Waveby Zachary Wigon It's no illusion that the Romanian film world has been thriving as of late. Two years ago, The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu was brought to New York and opened to significant critical acclaim. This past year marked the release of 12:08 East Of Bucharest, another Romanian film that ... read more Posted on 01/29/2008 by FC Scribes 
Review of Cassandra's Dream
Woody's Latest May Be His Darkest Yetby Zachary Wigon Full disclosure: Woody Allen is one of my absolute favorite filmmakers, so anyone looking for a relatively "objective" review should look no further. That being said, I can't say Cassandra's Dream is one of the Woodman's stronger films, although it certainly is interesting when viewed in concert with ... read more Posted on 01/22/2008 by FC Scribes 
Review of Teeth
Horror-Comedy Fails To Reach The Level Of Biting Satireby Zachary Wigon There is, without a doubt, a category of cinema reserved for those whose eyes are bigger than their stomachs, whose films are more ambitious than their filmmaking talent can handle. This category is populated with films that aim for the stars and land in the gutter, but are ... read more Posted on 01/17/2008 by FC Scribes |
