Posts tagged Julie Delpy
MOVIE REVIEW: The Lesson
MOVIE REVIEW: The Lesson

When all the created entanglements and questions start to topple over in the labeled Part III of The Lesson, the calamities come to a head for a proper mystery. Smartly and economically with both budget and time in a very strong debut feature, MacKeith and Troughton avoid the gaudiness of involving other external factors like the press or police. Stepping through the stale air, playful woodwinds of Emma. composer Isobel Waller-Bridge’s score, and the skeleton-filled closets of the idyllic Sinclair property is all this film needs to squeeze nerves and keep viewers guessing where the comeuppance is coming.

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2023, Independent Film, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanThe Lesson, Daryl McCormack, Richard E. Grant, Julie DelpyComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Wiener-Dog
MOVIE REVIEW: Wiener-Dog

Commonly, there are only two general reactions to witnessing an elaborate intentional joke of dark comedy.  You either admire the effort to relish the measured malice or you are appalled and disconnected to the sense of humor being exploited.  There will be very little gray area between those reactions for Todd Solondz’s “Wiener-Dog.”  Make no mistake.  For lack of a better term, this is a filmmaker being an asshole on purpose because he can and he doesn’t care.  You will either champion or loathe that supposed brilliance and brashness.  Buyer beware, honest and true dog lovers need to stay far away from this film.

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2016, 1 STAR, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanLandmark Century Center Cinema2016, Todd Solondz, Wiener-Dog, Black comedy, Dark comedy, satires, Tracy Letts, Julie Delpy, Greta Gerwig, Kieran Culkin, Keaton Nigel Cooke, Danny DeVito, Ellen Burstyn, Zosia Mamet, Michael Shaw, Edward Lachman, Misery, DeBussy, Clair de Lune, Happiness, dog movies, dogs in peril, movie commentary, film commentary, movie review, film review, life lessons from film, life lessons from films, life lessons from movies, life lessons, Life lessons, independent films, art-house films, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, Every Movie Has a LessonComment
OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2014: The writing and directing awards
OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2014: The writing and directing awards

It's time to make my formal predictions.  In this fourth post, we are starting to get to the major award categories.  Here are my picks for the two screenplay awards and Best Director.  Let's go!  Stick with me and I will win you your Oscar pool. 

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Editorial, ColumnDon ShanahanBest Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Director, Best Director, Best Directing, Before Midnight, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Captain Phillips, Philomena, 12 Years a Slave, The Wolf of Wall Street, Daniel Creeton, Short Term 12, John Ridley, Spike Jonze, Her, Americ, David O., David O. Russell, Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity, Steve McQueen, Martin Scorsese, Alexander Payne, NebraskaComment