“You talkin’ to me? Well I’m the only one here.”- Travis Bickle He may walk on crowded New York City streets or drive people in his taxi, but “God’s lonely man,” Travis Bickle, will still be alienated, aimless, and alone.…
Movie Review: ‘Gabriel’
Gabriel is travelling on a bus holding a letter from a girl. We don’t know where he’s coming from or where he’s going, but it’s clear he loves her (or, more precisely, the idea of having her). It’s not her…
The Film Canon: ‘Aguirre, the Wrath of God’ (1972)
It’s very possible that many people’s first encounter with Werner Herzog’s 1972 German epic Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the Wrath of God) will be through the cinephilic references in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. After the first ten…
Movie Review: “The 11th Hour”
I’m not sure what I’m supposed to feel watching the 11th hour. Happiness for the aftereffects of rape? Sympathy for a baby stealer? Sadness for a depraved drug addict? Pathos for a naïve, out-of-touch, incompetent, appalling and frankly dumb rich woman? The only feeling I’m certain about is my contempt for this movie.
