Month: January 2012

Rainespots: Takeshi Kitano

Carefully composed and meditative long takes interspersed with quick flashes of aggression which take you by surprise, Kitano’s work often utilizes violence in a spiritual or comedic way.  On closer inspection they offer even more existential insight, sometimes as an…

Trophy strife

Andy Serkis' motion-capture performance in 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'

Much has been made of a possible Oscar nomination for Andy Serkis’ astonishing performance(s) in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. If there has ever been the nagging question of whether or not it was his performance or the…

Ten for ’11

'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'

Any honest annual top ten list would have to stipulate that they are the foremost movies the writer was actually able to see. It is improbable, if not impossible, to attend every release in a given year. There are a…