2013 Faves: Mud: Take Me to the River

Like the mighty Mississippi itself, for better or worse the notion of rugged frontier independence rushes wide through the American Character—sometimes contained and guided within the banks of civilized society, sometimes overflowing, overpowering and washing away those same muddy borders. And sometimes just gunking up our National Psyche with a lot of useless, miring sludge … More 2013 Faves: Mud: Take Me to the River

Interview: Contracted Writer-Director Eric England

When doing film interviews, you talk to a lot of different folks involved in different parts of film making, and like anything, different interviews go well or not-so-well for different reasons. Sometimes you get to talk to big-name actors or legendary directors where it’s a thrill just being in the same room with them. Sometimes … More Interview: Contracted Writer-Director Eric England

Drive, He Said

Some of us critics got a little googly eyed over director Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive when it hit U.S. theaters early last fall. (It had already been a sensation at Cannes earlier in the year.) Yes, it has Refn’s confident balance of visual flair and economy and an instantly iconic tough-guy performance from Ryan Gosling. … More Drive, He Said