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Best of 2012: 12 Singles
Though I like to consider myself an album kinda guy, I'm pretty sure the structure of the music industry as it is right now has seeped into the minds of musicians young and old, subconsciously nudging...
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Best of 2012: António da Silva's Julian
Julian2012, Portugal/UKAntónio da SilvaThe best short I saw in 2012 was a ten-minute long, super 8 chronicle of a romantic fling/weekend-getaway to Portugal. The titular figure is a ginger-bearded,...
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Best of 2012: Sophie Letourneur's Le marin masqué
Le marin masqué2011, FranceSophie LetourneurSimilar to António da Silva's Julian, another of my favorite new films of 2012 follows the same set-up: someone returning home for a weekend visit with a...
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...Caligula Would Have Blushed
CaligulaCaligola1979, Italy/USATinto Brass, Bob Guccioni, Giancarlo LuiThough I believe all perceived cinematic disasters should be revisited and reexamined through time, I regret the decision I made...
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Wild Hearts
Laurence Anyways2012, Canada/FranceXavier DolanKeep the Lights On2012, USAIra SachsLaurence Anyways is Xavier Dolan's third and certainly most ambitious film to date, notably so in the fact that he...
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"Comic Strip"
Gainsbourg: A Heroic LifeGainsbourg (Vie héroïque)2010, FranceJoann SfarThat Joann Sfar’s Serge Gainsbourg film was originally planned to star the famed musician’s own daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg,...
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Poster for Alain Guiraudie's L'inconnu du lac, premiering at Cannes.
With the Cannes Film Festival just a week away, I thought it might be fitting to post this incredible poster for the film I'm probably most excited to see at the festival this year, Alain Guiraudie's...
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Cannes 2013: Winners
Who would have guessed that the gayest and most sexually explicit recipient of the Palme d'Or would be given by Steven Spielberg? Certainly not me, but that's exactly what transpired at the closing...
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After the Glitter Fades
Behind the Candelabra2013, USASteven SoderberghThere's a lot to be said about the hype surrounding Behind the Candelabra. Reportedly, this saga of the life of famed, closeted homosexual Liberace as...
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Me and You and Frameline 37
For those of you in San Francisco, the 37th edition of Frameline, SF's Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, begins on Thursday, June 20th, at the Castro Theatre with Stacie Passon's debut feature Concussion,...
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Setbacks
Despite my grand intentions of writing about the films of Frameline 37 as the festival happened, my MacBook was stolen last night, which is going to make updating this blog something of a challenge. My...
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Emerge, Part II
Though it was nearly a year ago that I officially resuscitated Fin de Cinéma from the dead, I never quite figured out what I wanted to do differently or even what I wanted to focus on. As strange as it...
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Spoiled Leftovers
My Blueberry Nights2007, France/Hong Kong/ChinaWong Kar-waiThough I didn't have any fond memories from my first viewing, I gave Wong Kar-wai's English-language debut My Blueberry Nights another go when...
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Weathered
To Die For1995, USA/UKGus Van SantAs far as the cast is concerned, To Die For is pretty great. As the bubbly, ambitious, murderess/weather girl, Suzanne Stone, Nicole Kidman gives one of the finest...
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Voluptuous Horror: RIP Karen Black
The world lost one of its shining stars yesterday, as legendary actress Karen Black died following a long battle with cancer. An actress with a look that was just as striking as her presence, Black saw...
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A Guide to the 66th Locarno International Film Festival, 2013
After a short two month break following Cannes, the major film festival season begun again this week with the 66th Locarno Film Festival, which is the first in a quick succession of major premiere...
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Love and Death; or How to Find Yourself Crazed on the Streets of San Francisco
Blue Jasmine2013, USAWoody AllenSometime in the 1980s or possibly the early 1990s, Woody Allen shifted from being a "sure bet" to a "mixed bag." Some people might attest that the process of aging and...
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Creating Your Own Picture Story in Art Trash
Tropic of Cancer(Al tropico del cancro)1972, ItalyGiampaolo Lomi, Edoardo MulargiaOften times, when I'm working from home, I throw something on the television to half-watch, depending on the task. Upon...
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The San Francisco Film Society's French Cinema Now, 2013
The San Francisco Film Society announced the line-up for their annual French Cinema Now program, which—as its name suggests—features a selection of Gallic films released within the past year. This...
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R.I.P. Patrice Chéreau: A Great, Under-Appreciated French Filmmaker
One of French cinema's finest directors, Patrice Chéreau, died yesterday at the age of 68. Famous as a writer and director of both the screen and the stage, Chéreau made his film debut in 1975 with The...
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