Posts Tagged ‘woody’
Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris
The iconic filmmaker’s latest is a valentine to the City of Light.COLE WILLIAMS
So I’ve now seen two Woody Allen movies, the first being 1973’s Sleeper. I saw that when I was in high school, when the film was already nearly two decades old. The second is his latest, Midnight in Paris, and I can tell Iâ...
Clint and Woody Have Psychic Visions
Death, too, thou shalt die in these movies by old hands.KRISTIAN LIN
In their latest movies, Clint Eastwood and Woody Allen are thinking about the great beyond. Of course, it isn’t unusual that filmmakers aged 80 (Eastwood) and 74 (Allen) would have their minds on mortality. These particular g...
Pixar Re-Opens Its Toy Chest
Toy Story 3 can’t match the first two, but it’s fun.KRISTIAN LIN
The following statement is true –– and also pretty much meaningless: Toy Story 3 is the weakest Pixar movie in the last 10 years. It’s true, because the movie never achieves the emotional weight of so many of its fellow P...
Tsuris
KRISTIAN LINI’m not ashamed to say it: A Serious Man confused the hell out of me. Most confusing movies are that way because they’re poorly made, but this one is incredibly well made. (One expects nothing less from the Coen bro...
Cool Catalans
Kristian LinThree years ago Woody Allen left New York for London and made his first good movie in a decade, Match Point.
Bad Omens
Even with great performances and direction, Cassandra’s Dream still takes on water.Kristian Lin
The word has been atypically slow getting out about Woody Allen’s latest thriller Cassandra’s Dream.
Class from the Past
Fort Worthian Betty Buckley enjoys a resurgence of sorts, much to one writer’s glee.Tom Geddie
A gift from 40 years ago arrived in the mail just before Christmas, a CD called Betty Buckley 1967, with the semi-iconic Fort Worth entertainer smiling playfully on the cover.