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Pontypool (McDonald, 2008)
Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 1 week ago: Modern Horror films rarely take their time unfolding, usually pounding visceral material early and o … more →
Afterschool (Campos, 2008)
Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 3 weeks ago: Over at Gone Cinema Poaching, I consider Antonio Campos’ startling debut Afterschool, a layere … more →
Julia (Zonca, 2008)
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Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 1 month ago: Without the presence of Tilda Swinton, Julia would be a catastrophic mess. As the alcoholic, morally … more →
Le Silence de Lorna (Dardenne, Dardenne, 2008)
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Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 1 month ago: As the title would suggest, Le Silence de Lorna (Lorna’s Silence) concerns itself with explori … more →
The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
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Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 2 months ago: In her short career as a feature filmmaker, Lucrecia Martel has deepened the complex well of Art Cin … more →
Hunger (McQueen, 2008)
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Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 2 months ago: Silence is torture, and torture is silence. So goes Steve McQueen’s riveting debut Hunger, a b … more →
Somers Town (Meadows, 2008)
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Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 3 months ago: Trains have long been a key cinematic emblem, poetic lifelines of movement simultaneously bringing p … more →
Gomorrah (Garrone, 2008)
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Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 3 months ago: Gomorrah aims to be a tough social commentary about the complex corners of corruption in modern day … more →
The Chaser (Na, 2008)
Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 3 months ago: Not since David Fincher’s Zodiac has a film been so completely devoted to revealing the failur … more →
Tokyo! (Gondry, Carax, Bong, 2008)
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Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 4 months ago: While Pulse uses Tokyo as a disjointed spatial metaphor riddled with gaps and hidden rooms, this omn … more →
Revanche (Spielmann, 2008)
Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 5 months ago: In Gotz Spielmann’s thrilling Revanche, the quiet moments of indecision and guilt bend each ch … more →
Lake Tahoe (Eimbcke, 2008)
Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 5 months ago: In modern Hollywood films, there’s a stigma that camera movement signifies production value an … more →
Johnny Pate: "Outrageous"
Gavin Breeden wrote 5 months ago: (out of 5) It’s almost impossible to listen to Johnny Pate’s 1970 album, Outrageous, wit … more →
Summer Hours (Assayas, 2008)
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Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 5 months ago: In Summer Hours, past memories and treasures slowly slip from reach after the passing of a matriarch … more →
Trouble the Water (Deal, Lessin, 2008)
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Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 6 months ago: If Trouble the Water comes across contrived and convenient, it’s because the film resonates wi … more →
Valkyrie (Singer, 2008)
Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 6 months ago: Competent might be the best way to describe Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie, a claustrophobic WWII thr … more →
