I tried. I really did try.
It’s absurd, in a lot of ways, to even give Layer Cake any kind of chance at all. It’s one of these hipster British crime movies.
I don’t remember why I thought it might be all right–there was no empirical evidence to influence that thinking. The direction is CG aided Tarantino–well, Tarantino […]
Entries Tagged as 'Sony Pictures Classics'
Layer Cake (2004, Matthew Vaughn)
August 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Tagged: J.J. Connolly· Matthew Vaughn· Sony Pictures Classics· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
Redbelt (2008, David Mamet)
May 12th, 2008 · No Comments
I was apprehensive about Redbelt–mostly due to the awkward trailers–but it was totally unfounded. The film’s story, Mamet’s narrative, resists being abbreviated or advertised. It’s all very gradual, very quiet, which each scene building on the one previous. It’s probably Mamet’s finest film as a director, his widescreen composition is wonderful–there’s this one shot where […]
Tagged: Chiwetel Eliofor· David Mamet· Joe Mantegna· Sony Pictures Classics· ★★★★
Denise Calls Up (1995, Hal Salwen)
January 30th, 2006 · No Comments
About ten years ago, the best independent movies–as Fox Searchlight wasn’t around yet–were coming out of Sony Pictures Classics. Denise Calls Up has disappeared. It’s not out on DVD and the VHS is out of print. Hal Salwen is similarly gone–his last film is available, pan and scanned, on DVD, but the one he made […]
Tagged: Alanna Ubach· Hal Salwen· Liev Schreiber· Sony Pictures Classics· Tim Daly· ★★★½
Henry Fool (1997, Hal Hartley)
September 18th, 2005 · No Comments
I remember seeing Henry Fool years ago, but I remembered it being laugh-out-loud funny. This era, my 1999 film-watching era, is highly suspect to me now. It’s pre–Traffic, I suppose.
I’ve tried watching Hartley since. No Such Thing was a particularly terrible experience… or however much of it I saw.
And for most of Henry Fool, I was […]
Tagged: Hal Hartley· Parker Posey· Sony Pictures Classics· ★★★½
