My reviews from the Herald this week.
Star Trek. “A single-eyebrow lift.”
Next Day Air. “Agreeably foggy.”
The Limits of Control. “A cool blank.”
Goodbye Solo. “Supposedly disdaining Hollywood conventions.”
24 City. “Pondering displacement.”
Lymelife. “Angst is growing like weeds.”
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The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008). Bigelow in form, with the kind of potent war film that makes you wonder (among other things) why nobody else has made this kind of “Iraq movie” in the last five years. (full review 7/10)
24 City (Jia Zhang-ke, 2008). Another study of displacement from Jia, this time a peculiar mix of documentary interviews with former employees at a major weapons factory, and staged interviews with actors (including Joan Chen) playing people giving such interviews. (full review 5/8)
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HATEFUL DEEDS is a novel of political satire and suspense. Read more and download it here!
FRANKENSTEIN is my take on the 1931 film's making and legacy, plus some old-school film criticism. From Columbia University Press's "Cultographies" series. Click the image to order.
The long-suppressed 1877 diary of a ROTTEN agent, now available for the first time!
The Crop Duster 