Archive for February, 2012

The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick’s beautifully crafted meditation on subjects no less ambitious than mankind’s place in time, was almost universally hailed by critics. It picked up top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May, was the runaway critics’ choice for top film of 2011 and is up for three Oscars (Best Picture, […]


The male midlife crisis can be as compelling on screen (Sideways, American Beauty) as it is pitiful in real life (45-year-old men cruising the mall in $300 jeans). Everything Must Go, the 2010 film starring Will Ferrell, falls somewhere in between. Taking its concept from a Raymond Carver (very) short story, Everything Must Go is […]