Movies Warehouse

April 27, 2017 — This is the feature film version of Julian Rosefeldt's art installation of the same name. I saw the installation back in January when it was at the Park Avenue Armory ( My review is here ). The f…

October 21, 2016 — Cinematically there are few things as perfect and beautiful as Werner Herzog operating at the top of his game. When Herzog clicks with his subject the most amazing mind blowing things happen. With IN…

October 13, 2016 — In the wake of seeing Shin Godzilla Tuesday in theaters I’ve been having many of discussions about it's merits. The people I saw the film with on the big screen were split as to how it is. I’m …

October 13, 2016 — Co-director Petra Epperlein returns to the former East German city she grew up in to try and unravel the mystery of her father's suicide and to determine if her father was working for the STASI. …

October 04, 2016 — I’ve had some flack directed my way for calling things such as TONI ERDMANN over rated (My ERDMAN review is here ). I am told that is not the way I should talk about a film. Perhaps, but at the same…

October 03, 2016 — NERUDA is a unique fantasia on the life of Pablo Neruda’s time in hiding. As a Communist the Chilean government wanted him rounded up but he decided to hide out instead before heading into exile. Th…

September 29, 2016 — The first part of Bertrand Tavernier look at French Cinema as it shaped his life. Striving to be a Bertrand Tavernier's version of Martin Scorsese's look at cinema A JOURNEY THROUGH FRENCH CI…

April 20, 2016 — “Everyone wants to live a fairytale” Lovetrue is a mostly documentary that has 3 separate stories. One which takes place in Alaska, one in Hawaii and one in New York, all surrounding the ideas of lo…

April 18, 2016 — Louis Theroux wants to interview the head of the Church of Scientology David Miscavige but finds he's not allowed so he decides to investigate the Church and hire an actor to play him. The film t…

April 13, 2016 — HOTEL DALLAS is a head trip film. Nominally a documentary the film spins off in all sorts of directions to make an endlessly compelling film if for no other reason than it seems untethered to reality…

April 12, 2016 — This film MUST be seen in a theater. The controlled environment is required to full comprehend the aural nature of the film. It begins with 4 minutes of silence  and then the sound creeps in with the…

April 04, 2016 — Three years ago today Roger Ebert passed away. I remember getting the news at the day job and being rocked to my core by it. Ebert was responsible for feeding my passion for film and he was, in some…

April 01, 2016 — This is a long rambling story without a point but its one I've been meaning to tell since Unseen Films started in 2010 (I should have posted a picture of the reel and film but freaking thing is o…

March 24, 2016 — I'm puzzled by the reviews I read before hand about BATMAN V SUPERMAN. What film did they see? Where was the confusion and random threads? Where was the story that made no sense? Where was this o…

March 21, 2016 — This piece was written almost a year ago- no seriously it was- Hence the BAMcinema Fest 2015 in the title.  The reason why it took a year was that BAM expressly asked that no film playing at cinema f…

March 08, 2016 — The fact that Simon Rouby’s ADAMA is, in all probability, going to be largely ignored in the US is a damning indictment of the way most Americans view animation and of how there is no market for tr…