Most people with even a cursory awareness of art cinema have seen or heard of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, F.W. Murnau's 1922 masterwork. Nosferatu is a film so powerfully rendered, so insanely memorable, that its continuing resonance over the past nine decades feels self-explanatory. This resonance has taken on many forms: from the appearance of the Nosferatu…Read more Film Review: Shadow of a Vampire (2000)
Month: April 2016
Film Review: Rasputin – Dark Servant of Destiny (1996)
Many were hit hard by Alan Rickman's death this past January, and it's easy to understand why. Immortalized by the Harry Potter franchise for his role as anti-hero Severus Snape, Rickman loomed large over a generation of moviegoers. The resonance of this role is so powerful that it's occasionally difficult to remember the varied nature of…Read more Film Review: Rasputin – Dark Servant of Destiny (1996)
Film Review: The Night Before (2015)
The Night Before reunites the filmmakers behind 2011's great "cancer comedy": 50/50. There's Joesph Gordon-Levitt, again occupying the story's lead role. There's also Seth Rogen, again providing schluby support. Finally, there's Jonathan Levine, again taking the director's chair. Missing is 50/50's screenwriter Will Reiser, whose sensitive prose provided that film with the perfect balance of comedy…Read more Film Review: The Night Before (2015)
Adam Mohrbacher 