Opening scene from Michael Haneke’s film Caché, 35mm, 2005
I don’t ever rave about the movies I’ve seen unless I feel they are somewhat relevant to the current state of things. Such is the case with Michael Haneke’s latest film Caché (official site). From the start the film comes across as being an intimate window into [...]

There’s this line in Kanye West’s Diamonds Are ForEver Remix featuring Jay Z…

“I’m not a Businessman,
I’m A Business, man!”
…that is very similar to Rachael’s (Sean young) reply in the movie Blade Runner when Deckard (Harrison Ford) aks her whether she is in the business of making replicants:
” I’m not in the Business,
IAM the Business!”

I’m [...]

There are 4 more dates to catch the documentary movie “25 Hours on Craigslist” in New York City (details below). The cult of Craigslist, the free, no pop-ups, no-frills classifieds website, has turned your life desires, garbage, etc. into material for a movie. No cash for a tickets? Do what they director did: Ask it [...]

What’s wrong with this picture: Initial D (2005), the Japanese anime re-made in Hong Kong using real Chinese actors, Shawn Yue & Jay Chou… Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), written by an American, Arthur Golden, made into a movie cast with famous Chinese actresses, Ziyi Zhang, Gong Li, and one Malaysian, Michelle Yeoh? It’s not [...]

Couple years ago I used to go to these free film screening in the East Village on weekends. It was called the Downtown Cinema Club and it was curated by artist Matt Bakkom and his friends. All the selections were base on the New York Public Library’s film archive. I love going there [...]