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Synecdoche, New York – Film Review

Posted on04. Nov, 2008 by Administrator.

by Brent Simon
Film, as it’s been both said and proven time and again, is chiefly a director’s medium. Television is the area in which writers can most clearly and lastingly establish a distinct voice for themselves. However, just like most of the movies he’s penned, Charlie Kaufman defies the restrictions of that categorization.
In fact, his [...]

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Mister Lonely – Film Review

Posted on01. May, 2008 by Administrator.

by Brent Simon
Mister Lonely, the first film in eight years from Harmony Korine, the erstwhile L’enfant terrible screenwriter behind 1995’s Kids, and later Gummo and Julien Donkey-Boy, summons to mind lyrics from U2’s “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me”: “Dressing like your sister/Living like a tart/They don’t know what you’re doing/Babe, it must [...]

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