Posts Tagged ‘film’
Gram Parsons
Listen UpFallen Angel, a documentary on singer-songwriter Gram Parsons, has an interesting angle: that the Southern man’s career goal was to die young and become a legend. This charismatic, troubled, self-assured, and self-indulgent r...
Post Romanticism
Lovers come unstuck in time in the surprisingly good The Lake House.Kristian Lin
I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: Sandra Bullock is best known as a comic actress, but her best work tends to come in roles where she isn’t concentrating on being cute and lovable. In movies as different as Whi...
Outback Slaughterhouse
Kristian LinDuring an interlude late in The Proposition, a member of an outlaw gang (Samuel Budge) sings a song to his fellow gang members about lost love in a thin, soulful tenor voice. The other outlaws are all moved by the song’s beau...
Red Scare
Arlingtonian Blake Calhoun’s Killing Down has all the makings of a top-shelf action thriller.Brian Abrams
Arlington native Blake Calhoun appears to be on his way. His action-packed thriller and third feature Killing Down had its world premiere earlier this month in Dallas at the 36th annual USA Film Festival (sponsored by giants IF...