Spitball Army

watched Oct 14, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 7.7 [DVD, library] How I have lived this long without seeing this classic that is exactly as old as me is a mystery. But, since I have seen countless Westerns since then, seeing the one that so many of them borrow from and imitate is a bit […]

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watched Oct 14, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 6.8 [streaming, Netflix] This isn’t a critical appraisal of Kubrick’s work, but a character portrait – told roughly in chronology – through the eyes of his personal assistant/chauffeur. The all-consuming self-focus of Kubrick’s personality is on full display here, yet the interactions have an intimate charm when […]

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watched Oct 14, 2017 spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 6.8 [DVD, library] Torn about what to think of this film. Is its uneven tone purposeful or a result of wanting to be too many things (a portrait of childhood precocity; a morality play; a vigilante thriller; an apologia of single parenthood; a messianic fable) all at […]

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