The Ghost Writer

It felt really good getting to sucked into another one of Roman Polanski’s complicated and dangerously mysterious worlds. His most recent work is, absolutely, interesting. There was The Pianist of course, Polanski’s take on the Holocaust. There was the really weird one where Johnny Depp had sex with Satan or something. But his lastest film, The Ghost Writer felt more like Chinatown, and I say that in a good way. This psychological... Read More

Rushmore

Sometimes mixing three of my favorite things isn’t a good idea. For example: going to movies, sleeping, and toast: not a good combination. But in the case of Rushmore, it worked really well. Wes Anderson, Bill Murray, and Jason Schwartzman mix real nice. Having finally watched this film, I’ve now exposed myself to Anderson’s entire oeuvre (yeah, I know it’s only 5 feature length films, and one short film, but still…). ... Read More