“Watched again today, the Twin Peaks pilot loses none of its hypnotic grandeur. Swaddled in Angelo Badalamenti’s gorgeous synth score, with foreboding bass-thrums occasionally making way for a recurring, cascading piano theme of faltering heartbreak — soaring into lonely, plaintive high notes before falling back into a busier, lower register of despair.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 02/27/2015
Monthly Archives: February 2015
MAPS TO THE STARS
MAPS TO THE STARS * 1 / 2
Starring Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Olivia Williams and Robert Pattinson. Screeenplay by Bruce Wagner. Directed by David Cronenberg.
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY * *
Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Eloise Mumford and Marcia Gay Harden. Screenplay by Kelly Marcel. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.
JUPITER ASCENDING
JUPITER ASCENDING * * *
Starring Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Written and directed by Andy and Lana Wachowski.
SUNDANCE 2015: PART THREE
THE END OF THE TOUR * * * 1 / 2
THE OVERNIGHT * * 1 / 2
MISTRESS AMERICA * * *
MISSISSIPPI GRIND * * *
SUNDANCE 2015: PART TWO
SUNDANCE 2015: PART ONE
WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? * * 1/2
KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK * * * *
DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON * * * 1 / 2
GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF * *