Noah Baumbach
Movie Review: Barbie
In a summer movie season that has provided very little in terms of memorable entertainment, Greta Gerwig’s "Barbie" proves an undeniable triumph.
Detroit Film Critics Society Names Parasite Best Picture
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2019 winners in twelve categories. The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of 19 film critics from Michigan who write or broadcast in the metro-Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor; Grand Rapids; and Toledo, Ohio. Each critic submitted their top five (5) picks i...[Read More]
The 10 Best Brian De Palma Films
Brian De Palma has become the directorial litmus test of cinephiles everywhere. To supporters, he stands as a startling visual genius with a penchant for set pieces and lurid subject matter. To naysayers, he remains a lowbrow imitator who spends his studio budgets chasing the ghosts of Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard. Great director or high class hack? Inconsistent misogynist or Master of the...[Read More]
Movie Review: Frances Ha
Comparisons to vintage Woody Allen have buzzed around Noah Baumbach’s dramatic comedy Frances Ha since it premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival; mostly due to the fact that it is shot intimately in soft-grey-and-white and features a dawn-watching romantic score that owes a greater debt to some French film critics than to Mr. Allen’s more formalistic style. Baumbach’s lovable...[Read More]