Monday, February 21, 2011

Catfish, Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, 2010

Schulman and Joost's film has come under a great deal of scrutiny regarding it's motives, production, and veracity. The simple fact that the film is a well crafted and eminently watchable exploraton of social media and digtial culture should, frankly, supersede all conjecture.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Cold Weather, Aaron Katz, 2010

Katz's slacker sleuth yarn never gathers enough momentum to stand as a legitimate crime film, and unfortunately fails to develop its core characters enough to buoy the film otherwise.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

The Social Network, David Fincher, 2010

Fincher's is a sturdy but wholly unremarkable re-telling of the Facebook saga, with hackneyed plot devices undercutting the director's impressive compositions and Trent Reznor's pitch-perfect score.