The struggles of the tortured artist is an attractive story for Hollywood, from the Picasso-centric Lust for Life to the modern-day biopic Basquiat. These films attempt to scrape under the paint-spattered surface of their subject, exposing them as a jangled…
Movie Review: ‘Gods of Egypt’
Alex Proyas’ fall from grace is one less publicized than say, M. Night Shyamalan, but it’s no less ostensible than his either. His work spanning from the early ’90s included his celebrated, neo-noir visual masterworks The Crow and Dark City, and…
The Film Canon: Munich (2005)
Munich is a historical epic boasting an identity crisis. It’s an angry, vengeful and violent statement, but it’s also empathetic and vastly despondent. Munich forces itself to relive bad memories of cultural despair and in doing so manages to approach…
Ally’s Movie Review: The Book Thief
Due to powerful performances and beautiful imagery, a film destined to studio crafted mediocrity climbs above to a sweet, emotional experience. Based on the international best-selling novel by author Markus Zusak, The Book Thief tells the story of a spirited…
Film News: ‘The Book Thief’ Gets Its Cast!
The Book Thief has become one of those staple YA books that people make you feel bad for not reading yet. (Okay, OKAY, I will read it!) The movie adaptation, which has been in the works for a couple years now,…