Monthly Archives: December 2024
THE BEST FILMS OF 2024
”No movie experience this year thrilled me the way Megalopolis did, taking so many big swings and throwing so many wild pitches, half the time I couldn’t believe what I was watching. It’s a cockamamie leap into the unknown unencumbered by conventional rules of screenwriting or parameters of good taste, full of philosophical discussions and boner jokes.” – WBUR’s Arts & Culture, 12/10/2024
REMEMBERING DAVID BRUDNOY
”We both had pretty different ideas of what we wanted from cinema, but he taught me a way to engage with the world. Brudnoy actively sought out people with different perspectives and life experiences. I think that was part of why he loved going to the movies every day — meeting new characters, hearing new stories, always more opportunities to learn.” – WBUR’s Arts & Culture, 12/09/2024
CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER’S POINT
”It’s all kind of overwhelming in the way that a child remembers such celebrations — full of family members you’re supposed to know, even if you’re not entirely sure how they fit into the picture. Everything’s a bit larger-than-life, but also a little smaller. The morning after I watched the movie, it already felt like something I’d seen years ago.” – North Shore Movies, 12/06/2024
QUEER
”The film alludes to the author’s accidental shooting of his second wife, Joan Vollmer, but doesn’t reckon with it in any real way. It’s there for the same reason as the Cobain songs and the bugs from Naked Lunch that turn up from time to time. These are things that people associate with William S. Burroughs, so they’ve got to be in the movie somewhere.” – WBUR’s Arts & Culture, 12/05/2024
NIGHTBITCH
“A literary conceit in search of a visual analogue. Heller’s insufficiently stylized direction can’t bear the metaphorical weight. It looks like a cable show. She’s a terribly pleasant filmmaker, and Nightbitch plays things way too safe for its own good, coming close to a couple of uncomfortable realities before sheepishly backing away. She barks, but the movie has no bite.” – WBUR’s Arts & Culture, 12/05/2024
SPLICED PERSONALITY 