Spitball Army

watched Oct 04, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 7.9 [DVD, Netflix] Add this to your list of crazy, artful, surreal, allegorical films that probably also includes mother! and Cemetery of Splendor, among others. Probably best appreciated with some knowledge of Catholic sainthood lore, but worthwhile even without it. This is a film that I will […]

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watched Oct 02, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 5.4 [blu-ray, Netflix] Visually sumptuous, but with only a hint of a soul. Great slow-mounting tension from beginning through to the end. https://boxd.it/kx05r

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watched Sep 29, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 7.0 [DVD-library] Not the most dynamic of Beatle or even post-Beatle docs, but my affection for Paul and my admiration of Albert Maysles balances my assessment of it. As he is driven around New York City, Paul frequently addresses his driver as George, and that was […]

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watched Sep 24, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 8.9 [on-demand] I found this to be the funniest entry in the Trip series yet, but also the most wistful. After a disappointingly flat TRIP TO ITALY, the British duo eat their way across Iberia, but the emphasis is shifted from their culinary activities to their […]

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watched Sep 17, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 8.4 [theater] Was this a Darren Aronofsky film or a Lars von Trier film? Seriously, a day after watching this I couldn’t get that notion out of my head. I did enjoy the experience of seeing Mother! and am in awe of a script that so […]

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watched Sep 16, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 7.8 [streaming, Netflix] Here’s a fascinating “discovery” doc, one that could form a solid trilogy alongside FINDING VIVIAN MAIER and SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN. The subject: a long-forgotten early 20th century lesbian painter who pioneered a print-making technique that was previously attributed to one of her male […]

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watched Sep 16, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 4.6 [blu-ray] From the “treading water” phase of Disney animation (a.k.a. the “wandering in the desert” phase), the quality of art is reminiscent of a high-quality Saturday morning cartoon. Watching this felt like an obligatory chore, which, in fact, it was; I did have a satisfying […]

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watched Sep 16, 2017. spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 8.4 [blu-ray] Ron Howard has managed to pull a strong narrative out of the history of the Beatles without being too distracted by the multitude of other stories going on within the group at the same time in their history. I was unaware – unless I […]

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watched Sep 14, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 5.4 [DVD, library] In his review of this show’s original run, Ben Brantley referred to it as “affectless.” Judging from this revival, I’d say he was mostly correct. There are moments of exuberance (an interpretation of “Hey, Big Spender” from Sweet Charity jumps off the screen), but […]

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rewatched Sep 12, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 5.7 [blu-ray] Instead of long hours with dozens of extras sitting in the make-up chair, director Winner employed real Tod Browning-style “Freaks” for the hellish ending. Then there’s a young Beverly D’Angelo pleasuring herself at the new neighbor during afternoon tea. And Chris Sarandon with a […]

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