Posted by: ronny in Film Criticism, Film, cinema on
Oct 10, 2008
With the influx of discussion about
The Dark Knight on the internet these past several weeks, I have deliberately avoided a written reflection on the film. While I normally praise the networked approach to film criticism that blogging enables, the explosion of dialogue over Christopher Nolan's film has left me rather cold about the prospects for critical dialogue via digital media. Of course,
Posted by: ronny in Film Criticism, Film, cinema on
Oct 10, 2008
An increasingly bitter dialogue about
Sex and the City has developed in the past several days, on blogs and in publications. Currently, the movie stands at a mediocre 53 percent on the
Tomatometer, which seems awfully high for the drumming this movie has received. I don't doubt that's it's true, though, and that critics are more split on the merits of the movie than it appears. For whatever
Posted by: ronny in Film Criticism, Film, cinema on
Oct 10, 2008
Of all the films in Woody Allen's extensive filmography,
Annie Hall (1977) is the one we have latched onto. It's the one by which all other Woody movies are measured. Announcing to critics and moviegoers that its star and director was more than a clever stand-up with a flair for making funny movies,
Annie Hall is a naked statement of vulnerability, about a man turns everything into a joke as way
Posted by: ronny in Film Criticism, Film, cinema on
Oct 10, 2008
Another semester has come to a close, and once again I have completed a paper that probably deserved a great more attention and reflection than I granted it. Although I may continue working on it, it was "officially" complete when I handed it in earlier this week. What once was a clean, unmarked collection of pages will soon become a sea of red, with a single letter at the end, determining the
