Talks – Talkhouse

[...] adaptations? If you’re alienated or intimidated by Pynchon’s elaborate playfulness then Inherent Vice might be the one novel of his that offers a way in — a plotty and free-wheeling psychedelic [...]

[...] have made my top 10 list (in no order) The Babadook Goodbye to Language The Purge: Anarchy Inherent Vice Force Majeure Nightcrawler Visitors The Dog A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence [...]

[...] knowledge of cinema while at USC. Oh yeah, Michael K. Williams sighting! From The Gambler to Inherent Vice to narrating Rand University, a solid ESPN 30 for 30, Mike K. is having an amazing year. I [...]

[...] got HIS scar with the whip hitting his chin? That was River Phoenix, right? I wanna see Inherent Vice. I wonder if Miles will ever get a flashback of some kid actor getting their face [...]

[...] Over the holiday break, Talkhouse Film is running some favorite pieces from 2014, as chosen by its contributors. Check back in the [...]

[...] Over the first two weeks of January, Talkhouse Film is running the “What We Missed” series, comprising pieces on notable movies from 2014 which [...]

[...] Over the first two weeks of January, Talkhouse Film is running the “What We Missed” series, comprising pieces on notable movies from 2014 which [...]

[...] Over the first two weeks of January, Talkhouse Film is running the “What We Missed” series, comprising pieces on notable movies from 2014 which [...]

[...] On this latest episode of the Talkhouse Film podcast, legendary actresses Isabelle Huppert and Kim Cattrall — who first met on the set of Otto [...]

[...] On this latest episode of the Talkhouse Film podcast, Daniel Schechter, the writer/director of Life of Crime and also a Talkhouse Film regular, [...]

[...] On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Film podcast, two Academy Award-winning filmmakers are in conversation as Errol Morris talks with [...]

[...] On this week’s episode of the Talkhouse Film podcast, James Marsh — the Oscar-winning director of Man on Wire and a regular Talkhouse Film [...]

[...] January, Talkhouse Film is running the “What We Missed” series, comprising pieces on notable movies from 2014 which were not previously covered, (almost) all of which were released [...]

[...] January, Talkhouse Film is running the “What We Missed” series, comprising pieces on notable movies from 2014 which were not previously covered, (almost) all of which were released [...]

[...] January, Talkhouse Film is running the “What We Missed” series, comprising pieces on notable movies from 2014 which were not previously covered, (almost) all of which were released [...]

[...] , Talkhouse Film is running the “What We Missed” series, comprising pieces on notable movies from 2014 which were not previously covered, (almost) all of which were released [...]

Over the holiday break, Talkhouse Film is running some favorite pieces from 2014, as chosen by its contributors. Check back in the new year for the Ta [...]

Over the holiday break, Talkhouse Film is running some favorite pieces from 2014, as chosen by its contributors. Check back in the new year for the Ta [...]

Over the holiday break, Talkhouse Film is running some favorite pieces from 2014, as chosen by its contributors. Check back in the new year for the Ta [...]

Over the holiday break, Talkhouse Film is running some favorite pieces from 2014, as chosen by its contributors. Check back in the new year for the Ta [...]

[...] Branch voting rules and the wildly disparate aesthetic and ethical philosophies of documentary filmmaking exhibited by members of that branch, it couldn’t be any other way. Thus far this decade, [...]

[...] I am so now the film is kind of about him.” Thierry proceeds to break every basic rule of documentary filmmaking. He becomes not just a confidant of his subjects but also an accomplice, finding [...]

[...] . With an investigative style that now includes tense hidden-camera footage, the mode of documentary filmmaking has again completely shifted. It sounds like this shouldn’t work, but it does. These [...]

[...] points of view on the subject and consolidated them into a two-hour treasure of documentary filmmaking. Thus the pump was primed for last year’s Man of Tai Chi, Keanu’s directorial debut and a [...]

Over the first two weeks of January, Talkhouse Film is running the “What We Missed” series, comprising pieces on notable movies from 2014 which [...]

Over the first two weeks of January, Talkhouse Film is running the “What We Missed” series, comprising pieces on notable movies from 2014 which [...]

Over the first two weeks of January, Talkhouse Film is running the “What We Missed” series, comprising pieces on notable movies from 2014 which [...]

Over the first two weeks of January, Talkhouse Film is running the “What We Missed” series, comprising pieces on notable movies from 2014 which [...]

[...] of film history for the rest of time, and The Dark Knight is arguably one of the finest genre movies ever made. Nolan’s also a filmmaker who clearly believes in the intelligence of his [...]

[...] completely drained out of it. As one might expect from a director who cut his teeth on genre movies during the “Ozploitation” movement of the 1970s, Drive Hard delivers the goods when it [...]

[...] my canary in the coal mine — as long as Keanu Reeves is starring in, producing, and directing genre movies, I know that there’s still hope for the tradition that I love. [...]

[...] this made for me or what?” Keith Michaels (Grant) is the Oscar-winning writer of everybody’s favorite movie, Paradise Misplaced, but success has eluded him in recent years to the extent that his [...]

[...] in Jeopardy” movies, and I even kind of enjoyed Obsessed, a PG-13 (!) erotic thriller. My favorite movie of last year was Gone Girl, because it was the first film to fuse the low pleasures of the [...]

[...] win. He’s the Rocky Balboa of blackjack (sorry, couldn’t pass up a Rocky reference — it’s my favorite movie of all time!). Bennett is the beaten dog that keeps coming down the block for more, [...]