The Tree of Life
Detroit Film Critics Society Announces the Best of 2011 Winners
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2011 winners and nominees in ten categories. The society was founded in spring 2007 and consists of a group of twenty-two film critics (our very own Mike Tyrkus is a proud member of the society) who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand ...[Read More]
Detroit Film Critics Society Announces the Best of 2011 Nominations
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2011 nominees in ten categories. The society was founded in spring 2007 and consists of a group of twenty-two film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan. Each critic submitted t...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick’s new drama, The Tree of Life, is reminiscent of his previous work, such as The Thin Red Line (1998), in that it is a film that focuses largely on ideas brought to life through cinematography. Although The Tree of Life does revolve around the story of a family, the movie is structured more through concept than plot. For example, the story isn’t told in a familiar, linear fashion, b...[Read More]