This year David Holmes, composer of some acclaim via Steven Soderbergh‘s films like the Ocean’s Trilogy and Haywire in addition to other adventures in film and album producing, began posting on Soundcloud. Along with postings of the minimal music he produced for films like Hunger are also extensive pieces that he describes as “feature films seen […]
Long ago, in a galaxy far, far, away….ok, not really. Sadly, it’s only been a decade, but in that bygone era Hollywood’s summer was not solely made up of superheros and billion dollar blockbuster fiascos. There was a time when the summer could include quiet films—more adult oriented, complex fair that dealt in narrative constructions […]
So this is the July 4th weekend. Idealistic rebellion, iffy politics, patriotism, and blowing stuff up. That’s the stuff of independence. 1. Jaws – It takes place over the July 4th holiday. I mean come on. 2. The Rock – The best thing Michael Bay ever made solely because of Ed Harris, whose performance allows […]
As president Bill Pullman boisterously declared in Independence Day, The Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to […]
You can’t pass up a free-to-watch obscure Werner Herzog documentary, can you? (It’s a made-for-TV documentary about the lone survivor of the LANSA Flight 508 crash in Peru in 1971. And there is a scene involving a horse and maggots. So, watch.)
