Daily Archives: December 29, 2012

Alfred Hitchcock, so the story goes, wondered aloud one day what it would be like “if somebody really good” made a horror movie. And the result was “Psycho.” Perhaps a similar wondering struck Barry “Rain Man” Levinson. Suppose somebody with … Continue reading →

  The odd, opportunistic and eccentric programming of Netflix streaming, the way the service lumps genres together and serves up possibilities, means that you’re always stumbling across something odd and old, or new and surprising — a movie you haven’t … Continue reading →

It’s not really fashionable to label a film “mumblecore,” that much-scorned non-genre name used for no-budget indie fare that relied on attractive indie actors emoting, romancing and talking talking talking to tell its stories. But even though it has big … Continue reading →