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Reviews: March 2008 Archives
"Frownland"
By Alison Willmore on 03/07/2008
[A variation of this review originally ran as part of our coverage of the 2007 SXSW Film Festival] "Frownland", the first feature of New York-based projectionist-turned-director Ronald Bronstein, is the cinematic equivalent of nails on a chalkboard. It was also my favorite film at the last year's SXSW Film Festival, one that dares you to walk out until you, perhaps out of spite, find yourself totally drawn in and so in its strange headspace that you harbor concerns for your sanity. When I first reviewed the film, I suggested you shouldn't expect to see it in a theater near you... MORE »
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"Married Life"
By Matt Singer on 03/07/2008
Filed under: ReviewsBy Matt Singer By the end of "Married Life," the characters have caused each other a great deal of harm in order to better their own lives, and they know it. Is it wrong, they wonder, to build one's happiness on the unhappiness of others? If it is, that makes going to the movies one of the most immoral acts you can do. What are movies, after all, if not the vicarious enjoyment of the suffering of others? There's plenty of suffering here, and thus plenty to enjoy. The film focuses on four people living at the turn of the... MORE »
