Werner Herzog is a filmmaker who isn’t content to simply place his stamp on each of his films, he has to grind it in with the heel of his boot, making sure there is no mistake that what we’re about to see, whether fictional narrative or documentary, is his vision, his unique take on the [...]
Re-Evaluating 2008
Before I officially started this blog, I was posting all of my film-related items over on Geek Monkey, my general purpose little corner of the Interwebs. I posted two articles near the end of the year: my (Almost) and (Actual) Top 10 Movies of 2008. Now, I realize I don’t yet have the cultivation or [...]
Movie #10: Doubt (2008)
If the questions and themes that are addressed in John Patrick Shanley’s DOUBT, the film adaptation of his multiple award-winning play, seem a little obvious, the beautiful cinematic quality with which DOUBT is filmed more than makes up for it. Here is an adaptation from the stage that manages to completely work as a film, [...]
