I went to watch Sasha Baron Cohen in Bruno Friday night at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music).
I was skeptical before going. I did not enjoy Borat nearly as much as the rest of the world. There is a fine line that Cohen toes between subversive comedy and negative attack, and for someone who is more [...]
So let’s quickly talk about Duncan Jones’ film, Moon.
I’ve long been a fan of films about existential crisis. The fact that the trailer to Moon resonated certain aesthetic qualities as Tarkovsky’s Solaris was pretty much the only draw I needed to see the film. The premise of the film, based on the trailer, appeared like [...]
I finally watched “Waltz with Bashir” tonight at BAM, also known as my new favorite place in Brooklyn.
I honestly don’t know why I didn’t come here every day since I got my Movie Mogul membership, which allows me to see every film there at no cost.
This month, the theatre is show last films (or one [...]
Hunger, Directed by Steve McQueen
Brief synopsis:
Turner Prize-winnng British artist Steve McQueen makes his big-screen debut with Hunger, an account of the 1981 hunger strike in Northern Ireland’s Maze prison.
The film follows the last six weeks in the life of Republican Bobby Sands, who died during the strike. – from www.filmofilia.com
What make this film so incredible is not its [...]