Josh Rosenblatt
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Life Or Nothing Like It
Byington’s latest employs a rigid devotion to deadpan, keeping the story’s humanity at a safe and manageable distance, locked behind walls of dispassion. Full Story -
What’s the Frequency, Terrence? Malick Returns With To the Wonder
Maybe it’s best after all that Malick wait years between movies. Full Story -
Portrait of Wally Recounts Sordid History of Egon Schiele’s Painting of his Muse
Schiele painted “Portrait of Wally” in 1912. In it, the artist’s mistress and muse, Valerie “Wally” Neuzil, is clothed nearly to her chin in a garment resembling a long-sleeve puritan gown, complete with a white Bertha collar. Full Story -
The Dictator on the Ranch
The late spring of 1961 was a rough time for President John F. Kennedy. The residual thrills from his inauguration in January and his [...] Full Story -
Friedkin Continues Career Dive
After the one-two punch of The French Connection and The Exorcist in the early 1970s, William Friedkin was on top of the world. The [...] Full Story
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Documenting Dissent
In September 2008, disgusted with the Bush administration and fueled by anger over the Iraq War, two best friends from Midland drove from Austin [...] Full Story -
The Triumph of Hud
About 10 years ago, I read an article about the 35th anniversary of The Graduate making the case that the film’s legendary one-word warning [...] Full Story -
Swing Supremacy
For anyone who thinks the 82nd session of the Texas Legislature wasn’t bizarre enough, there’s this. A few weeks ago, three Republican representatives wearing [...] Full Story -
The Tree of Life: Brilliant and Frustrating
Somewhere amid all the whispering voice-overs about the impermanence of existence and the eternal struggle for salvation, somewhere behind the lengthy nature opera chronicling [...] Full Story -
Planting a Seed
I admit that I haven’t yet seen The Tree of Life, the new movie from writer, director and heavyweight champion recluse Terrence Malick. Across [...] Full Story