Over the past few weeks, I have become increasingly busier in my life, spending less time watching movie and after movie and trying to be more proactive, either writing scripts and music, reading books, helping around the house, or playing around with experimental techniques. It's the first real time that I haven't felt the physical need to watch films constantly since early 2017, which is insane given that I have had an average of over 2 films a day since…

Original Title: Adieu au langage
Year of Release: 2014
Genres: Experimental Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Writer: Jean-Luc Godard
Main Cast: Jessica Erickson, Héloïse Godet, Zoé Bruneau, Kamel Abdeli, Richard Chevallier, Christian Gregori, Jean-Luc Godard

Goodbye to ratings.

After a long and careful examination, I have finally decided to stop giving ratings to the films I watch. This was a long time coming, and not an easy choice to make, but one that I found to be necessary.

Back when I…

Original Title: The Rainmaker
Year of Release: 1997
Genres: Crime; Courtroom Drama; Thriller
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writer: Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Herr; John Grisham (based on the novel)
Main Cast: Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Jon Voight, Claire Danes, Mary Kay Place, Dean Stockwell, Virginia Madsen, Mickey Rourke, Randy Travis, Roy Scheider, Danny Glover

03/05 of Francis Ford Coppola from The Great Directors Challenge (5x40): 2021 Edition

The Rainmaker is a perfect flm in the "good enough" category. This Francis…

Right now I got to tell you about the fabulous, most groovy experience of the year:

74th Venice Film Festival. The man himself, Edgar Wright, was a member of the main jury. Knowing that, I set out immediately to see him, and on my first day (August 30th) I saw him with the rest of the jury members (including Annette Benning and Rebecca Hall). I was stunned, and stood still, with my mouth wide open. I thought it could never…

Heat remains Michael Mann's greatest cinematic achievement. A crime epic that perfects the "cops vs robbers" storyline, understanding the thin line between the two sides: Pacino's Hanna and De Niro's McCauley are one and the same, the former negligent in his private life and upholding the law in questionable ways, and the latter having an admirable code of ethics that is used for robberies. While they are both on the same level throughout the film, it's only in its final…