The 2008 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films
Film review by: Witney Seibold
Bless the Academy for the recent practice of distributing the Academy Award-nominated short films every year a few weeks before the Oscar telecast. (more…)
Street Kings
Street Kings
Film review by: Witney Seibold
The hero of David Ayer’s film “Street Kings” is an alcoholic, an unhidden racist, and regularly practices vigilante justice, operating less on evidence, and more on his own chemically-hindered intuition. (more…)
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
Film review by: Witney Seibold
The more you know about the Lebanese invasion of the earl 1980s going into “Waltz with Bashir,” the better off you will be. (more…)
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road
Film review by: Witney Seibold
It’s long ago been revealed that the pastoral idyll of 1950s white suburbia was largely a sham. (more…)
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
Film review by: Witney Seibold
When French daredevil and wirewalker Philippe Petit heard of New York City’s plans to build the World Trade towers back in the late 1960s, he instantly started thinking about walking a high wire between them. When the towers were finally completed in 1974, he did it. (more…)
The Best films of 2008
The Best Films of 2008
Film article by: Witney Seibold
Once again, the best part of a critics job: the year-end capper. (more…)
The Visitor (2008)
The Visitor (2008…)
Film review by: Witney Seibold
You know Richard Jenkins, you just don’t know that you know him. (more…)
Beauty and the Beast
The Dangerous Outside World
Film essay by: Witney Seibold
Most films one sees in theaters take place in what audiences assume to be “the real world.” (more…)
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
Film review by: Witney Seibold
I had to break my remake embargo to see “My Bloody Valentine,” a do-over of a 1981 Canadian slasher. (more…)
