Alpha
There’s a pleasant, old-fashioned feel to Alpha.
Lana Wachowski
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Jupiter Ascending (2015)
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Director, Screenplay
Matt Zoller Seitz -
Cloud Atlas (2012)
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Written and directed by
Roger Ebert -
V for Vendetta (2006)
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Written by
Roger Ebert
* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist’s work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
Cinepocalypse 2018 Preview
A preview of Cinepocalypse, taking place this weekend and next week at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, IL.
Mannequins: On the Power of the Original “Ghost in the Shell”
What the original "Ghost in the Shell" says about gender identity and how the remake fails to do the same.
Six keys to "Cloud Atlas"
"Cloud Atlas" (2012), directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer, is a thing of beauty, the likes of which I have not seen in American Cinema. While I regard Rian Johnson's "Looper" as easily the best film of the year thus far, this film might be the best film of the decade. Nevertheless, considering how many people walked out of the screening within the first hour, I suspect that this film will successfully alienate or confuse most of its viewers, earning more appreciation in the years to come, long after most of us have expired. If you have the patience, it might take forty minutes to begin to understand it, and to subsequently immerse yourself into it. In that way, it also reminded me of Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" (2011). It is that good. It is so good that I can tell you everything about this movie, and I will still have told you nothing.
A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma
I'm posting this review of "Cloud Atlas" both on my web site and as a blog entry, because the blog software accepts comments and I want to share yours. At the end, I have added the post-screening press conference at Toronto.
Even as I was watching "Cloud Atlas" the first time, I knew I would need to see it again. Now that I've seen it the second time, I know I'd like to see it a third time--but I no longer believe repeated viewings will solve anything. To borrow Churchill's description of Russia, "it is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." It fascinates in the moment. It's getting from one moment to the next that is tricky.
