The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004, Wes Anderson) Wes Anderson fans are no doubt rejoicing over the latest quirky, colorful comedy from the hipster-film king. After all, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou stars Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Anjelica Huston, and has sight gags aplenty along with the requisite witty one-liners. What it […]
The Aviator (2004, Martin Scorsese) It is utterly criminal that Martin Scorsese does not yet have a Best Director Oscar with his name on it. It upsets me a bit that the film that finally gets him the statue may be one that was developed by several other people before Scorsese was attached, but it […]
Coffee & Cigarettes (2003, Jim Jarmusch) Jim Jarmusch is the surrealist-absurdist black-and-white hipster king of indie moviemaking. His movies don’t always make a whole lot of sense, and require more attention than the average Hollywood movie fan has, but they are always eye candy and if you pay attention (and enjoy counter-pop-culture), you will be […]
Party Monster (2003, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato) I’ve been hearing about this movie for what seems like years now. Rumors floated around about Marilyn Manson playing a drag queen (he has about three lines), about Macaulay Culkin’s return to film (he still looks 12 to me), and Seth Green’s performance (yes, he was good.) […]
