It may be easy to deride him for his overly prolific career that results in his fair share of dismal failures, but I do think Woody Allen is one of the most extraordinary filmmakers of all time. To remind of his true genius, I’ve decided to do a retrospective on the decade I believe represents…
Category: comedy
House (1977)
I was discussing House with a friend, and we came to an agreement – we aren’t entirely sure if this is a good film or a bad film but it is a film. In fact, to call it a film itself is troubling because it is more of a “thing” above all else. No one…
Raising Arizona (1987)
Joel and Ethan Coen are filmmakers that have their names synonymous with quality, even if a few of their films were clunkers (namely Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers, two films I am still quite fond of). They have god-like status nowadays, but it wasn’t always that way. Therefore, it stands to reason that their early…
8 Women (2002)
We live in a world where 8 Women (French: 8 femmes) exists. If that isn’t a comforting thought, then I am not quite sure what is. The fact that I waited my entire life to watch this film is unbelievable and utterly wrong, and I regret not watching this film sooner. It is a film…
Hot Fuzz (2007)
I am arguably on an Edgar Wright bender at the moment – in anticipation for Baby Driver, I have been revisiting some of Wright’s other films, almost all of them for the first time since their initial release. Wright may be a popular director, but he is by no means a populist filmmaker – he…
Windy City Heat (2003)
I’m not entirely sure how I am supposed to compose a review of Windy City Heat. This film is a stupid, excessive and cruel film that serves no purpose other than to be something made for the sake of seeing if it can be made. Windy City Heat is one of the most tastelessly mean…
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a film I have been meaning to get around to watching for a long time. I think Edgar Wright has made two of the greatest comedy films of the twenty-first century – Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz (I have yet to see the final part of the…
Ghost World (2001)
A few years ago, I became increasingly fascinated with graphic novels – I discovered that there was a world way beyond newspapers “funnies” and superhero comic books. There was an entire world of alternative literature that just so happened to be visual rather than just the printed word. One figure that I found myself connecting…
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
I am a student of literature, and one more than anything else, one movement I adore about all others is Postmodernism. However, one cannot be a lover of Postmodernism without knowing that there was one book, as Steve Coogan in this film puts it, that was a Postmodern novel before there was any Modern texts…
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
I am not quite sure what to think of this film. On one hand, Lars and the Real Girl is a highly original film with a gentle soul and a positive message. On the other hand, it is often frustratingly absurd and illogical. It is a film that is both pleasant and uncomfortable, and it…
