Jake Cole

LATEST ARTICLES ( 682 )

• Poison (Todd Haynes, 1991)

  

  [This is a post for the Queer Film Blogathon, co-hosted by Pussy Goes Grrr and Garbo Laughs.]Todd Haynes' formal experimentation has always extended to the... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 'Prometheus' Movie Review

  

  [Warning: contains spoilers]The mythological and philosophical ideas co-writer Damon Lindelof shoehorns into Prometheus are intriguing ones, at least in... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Paul Williams Still Alive (Stephen Kessler, 2012)

  I love Paul Williams. I love his songwriting, and I adore him as a record producer/Antichrist in Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise. Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Wes Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom'

  

  Incorporating many elements of Wes Anderson's previous films, Moonrise Kingdom might be seen, even approvingly, as the director going through the motions. It ha... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Capsule Reviews: Other Men's Women, The Lovers on the Bridge, Other Men's Women

  

  Other Men's Women (William A. Wellman, 1931)Mary Astor herself called this picture a piece of cheese, but cheddar can be mighty sharp. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 50 Book Pledge #13: Alan Greenberg—Every Night the Trees Disappear

  A Werner Herzog film shoot is an invariably absurd, harrowing thing, and few matched the intensity and insanity of the production of Heart of Glass. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2012 MOVIES

• Capsule Reviews: The River (1951), Caught, Bottle Rocket, Murder By Contract

  

  The River (Jean Renoir, 1951)Claude Renoir's literally painted-on Technicolor cinematography is a movie miracle, bringing out all the nostalgic fondness of Rume... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Blu-Ray Review: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

  

  [Note: I received this disc from Warner Bros. as part of their Blu-Ray Elite program.]FilmAny movie that opens with an artistic abstraction of a body falling... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Green Ray (Éric Rohmer, 1986)

  

  It's summer in Paris. Delphine (Marie Rivière), recently broken up with her boyfriend, is two weeks away from an extended vacation. Suddenly, the phone rings... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Pink Ribbons, Inc. (Léa Pool, 2012)

  Forgot to link to this last week as I was caught up in my Top 100. Pink Ribbons Inc., a repetitive Big Issue documentary, nevertheless does a service in... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Blu-Ray Review: Casablanca 70th Anniversary Edition

  

  [Note: I've been accepted into Warner Bros' new Blu-Ray Elite program, wherein they send discs to various film bloggers for review. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Claire's Knee (Éric Rohmer, 1970)

  

  Néstor Almendros' natural-lit cinematography casts the Lake Annecy setting of Claire's Knee in summer tones, warm but not too hot, offset by a breeze that... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• France/Tour/Détour/Deux/Enfants (Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville, 1976)

  

  In The Man Who Fell to Earth, Bowie's alien offers a sadly poignant insight into the limitations of television, the manner in which he and his family learned... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• My Top 100 Films (81-100)

  

  [The following is the final entry in my top 100 films list. Check out picks 1-20, 21-40, 41-60 and 61-80.]81. Sherlock Jr. (1924/USA/Buster Keaton)Keaton was... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• My Top 100 Films (61-80)

  

  [The following is the latest entry in my Top 100 films. Click the links to see picks 1-20, 21-40 and 41-60.]61. Once Upon a Time in the West (1969/Italy,... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• My Top 100 FIlms (41-60)

  

  [The following is a continuation of my top 100 films. Click on the link for picks 1-20 and 21-40.]41. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie [director's cut]... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• My Top 100 Films (21-40)

  

  [This is the second part of my top 100 films. See also picks 1-20.]21. Close-Up (1990/Iran/Abbas Kiarostami)Kiarostami's masterpiece tops Herzog's blending of... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• My Top 100 FIlms (1-20)

  

  I've done my best to resist the rush to list-making spurred by the critical census-taking of the Sight Sound poll, that decennial feature that shows off the... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas, 1996)

  

  [This is my May post for Blind Spots.]Irma Vep is the third Olivier Assayas film I've seen, the other two being Summer Hours and Carlos. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Eros + Massacre (Yoshishige Yoshida, 1969)

  

  [The following was originally written for Cinelogue. I've edited and changed a few things, but otherwise this is the same article.]Why has revolution not swept... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO