Certified Copy

“When we fall in love we see everything as an original. Falling in love is a matter of pulling the wool over our own eyes, inflating the price of things, and then as things become more disappointing and reality sets in, we take the zeroes off the price of what we have. Maybe [at this point] access to the original is out of reach and we should be happy for a copy. After all, we are all familiar…

Lost Highway

David Lynch’s television show Twin Peaks debuted in April 1990 on ABC and became an influential cultural phenomenon that was unfortunately undone by studio interference. Lynch made Fire Walk with Me to conclude the story of Twin Peaks after it was canceled by the network, but the film was panned by audiences and critics. Lynch didn’t make another film for six years until he partnered with Barry Gifford on Lost Highway. The film is the first in what…

Batman V Superman: Ultimate Edition
The Hope In Seeing That People Are Still Good

Zack Snyder’s films feature complex character arcs with depth, realism and artistry rarely seen in comic book films, and with his most recent film, Snyder is at the height of his filmmaking abilities. Compared to the typical blockbuster, Batman V Superman is a challenging work of art; driven by themes rather than plot, structured as a five-act revenge tragedy rather than a conventional three-act hero’s journey…

Man of Steel
The Beautiful Truth of Freedom, Love and Choice

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time…