Posted on January 30, 2011 by christopher
by Christopher Conry
I had heard lots of good things about ‘Blue Valentine’ but still had few expectations going into the film which in retrospect was an advantage because I was that much less prepared to be as completely engaged as I was with the film and its two leads, Michelle Willliams and Ryan Gosling who [...]
Posted on January 26, 2011 by christopher
by Christopher Conry
The phrase ‘closed circuit’ comes to mind when ruminating on the insular cinematic world of Sofia Coppola’s ‘Somewhere’ which is yet another film from the director on the subject of over-privileged rich people isolated and alienated in manicured terrariums of conspicuous consumption with the sort of existential crises one might find in an [...]
