Archive for the ‘Film Projections’ Category
Film Projections: Our 2012 Oscar Predictions
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: January 23, 2012
(Tomorrow at 8:30 AM on the East Coast, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will announce its nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards. The annoucements will be made by the moderately attractive Jennifer Lawrence. Sadly we did not have the opportunity to speak with Ms. Lawrence, so we asked our resident film expert [...]
The Best Films of the New York Film Festival 2011
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: December 26, 2011
Here are the top films of the New York Film Festival from FP film critic Franklin Laviola. (Read the rest of his work for Frontier Psychiatrist here.) Forget about the Oscar-baiting The Artist and The Descendants, or the over-hyped and vacuous Shame. The following films were the real gems of this fall’s New York Film Festival: [...]
New York Film Festival Report #1 — Confronting Good Intentions
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: October 3, 2011
(Today, FP film critic Franklin Laviola reports from the New York Film Festival. You can read the rest of his work for Frontier Psychiatrist here.) The 49th New York Film Festival, which runs through October 16th, launched Friday night on a positive note with the North American premiere of Roman Polanski’s deft ensemble comedy [...]
Mid-Year Report: The Very Best Film of the Year, So Far …
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: August 3, 2011
(Today, FP film critic Franklin Laviola gives us his pick for best film of 2011 to date. He previously gave us his worst films of the year and his best films and performances of the year. You can read the rest of his work for Frontier Psychiatrist here.) The Very Best … “Where were you [...]
Mid-Year Report: The Best Films and Performances of the Year, So Far …
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: August 1, 2011
(Today, FP film critic Franklin Laviola gives us his best films of the first half of 2011. On Friday, he gave us the worst films of the year to date. Check back tomorrow for his pick for THE VERY BEST FILM OF THE YEAR (so far). You can read the rest of his work for Frontier [...]
Mid-Year Report: The Worst Films of the Year, So Far …
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: July 29, 2011
(Today, FP film critic Franklin Laviola begins his mid-year recap with the worst films of 2011 to date. Check back on Monday for Mr. Laviola’s best films of 2011 thus far. You can read the rest of his work for Frontier Psychiatrist here.) Severely Overrated … * Midnight In Paris, directed by Woody Allen Woody [...]
Rohmer’s Ray of Light: A Review of Eric Rohmer’s Summer
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: June 10, 2011
“Ah for the days/That set our hearts ablaze” … Arthur Rimbaud Summer, which captured the Golden Lion at the 1986 Venice Film Festival, is the fifth film in Eric Rohmer’s popular mid-career “Comedies & Proverbs” six-part series. From Thursday, June 9th through Wednesday, June 15th, local filmgoers will have the welcome opportunity to see this [...]
Blow Out: Witness to a Scream!
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: June 7, 2011
(Today, Franklin Laviola continues his Film Projections series with an analysis of Brian DePalma’s classic thriller Blow Out, recently released on DVD and Blu-Ray via the Criterion Collection. For more by Mr. Laviola, please see his archives on Frontier Psychiatrist.) There are few contemporary filmmakers who have made such striking use of the widescreen format [...]
Above Brooklyn: An Interview with Filmmaker Heather Spilkin
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: May 9, 2011
From On the Waterfront to Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, movie-going audiences have caught glimpses of the urban art of pigeon keeping over the years. Brooklyn-based filmmaker Heather Spilkin’s delightful documentary Above Brooklyn profiles the local community of pigeon keepers who aim to carry on this increasingly endangered tradition. Above Brooklyn premiered on September [...]
Film Projections: Taxi Driver, 35 Years Later
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: May 2, 2011
(35 years ago, Taxi Driver was unleashed on the American movie-going public. The film, which solidified the iconic relationship between Martin Scorsese and Robert Deniro, won the Palme D’Or at Cannes in 1976 and was nominated for four Academy Awards. For its anniversary, a restored 35 mm print of the film screened at New York’s [...]
