Jake Cole

LATEST ARTICLES ( 682 )

• Valhalla Rising (Nicholas Winding Refn, 2009)

  

  If one were to play the old "X meets Y" game of critical shorthand, one would have to plot Nicholas Winding Refn's Valhalla Rising along several other axes. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Youth Without Youth (Francis Ford Coppola, 2007)

  

  Francis Ford Coppola's modern rejuvenation is one of the most unexpected and wonderful occurrences of contemporary American cinema. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Win Win (Thomas McCarthy, 2011)

  

  With his gentile, if drably ironic, style and textured, nuanced characters, Thomas McCarthy's Win Win respects and subverts two formulaic, rigid genres: the... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Community — Season 2

  

  Community's second season improves so dramatically on the first that it's hard to believe the show was already, pound for pound, the funniest series currently o... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Contagion (Steven Soderbergh, 2011)

  

  For about 45-50 minutes, Contagion had me ready to run home, duct-tape the seals of my house and never come into contact with a human being again. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Janitor (Nicholas Ray, 1974)

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.]Nicholas Ray's contribution to the Wet Dreams anthology... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 55 Days at Peking (Nicholas Ray, 1963)

  

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.] The last true feature Nicholas Ray made before his... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 MOVIES

• King of Kings (Nicholas Ray, 1961)

  

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.]Though it begins with the overture and audiovisual... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 MOVIES

• The Savage Innocents (Nicholas Ray, 1960)

  

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.]Shot partially on location in the Arctic, The Savage... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 MOVIES

• Wind Across the Everglades (Nicholas Ray & Budd Schulberg, 1958)

  

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.] Wind Across the Everglades marked the beginning of the en... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 MOVIES

• Party Girl (Nicholas Ray, 1958)

  

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.] Bursting with clichés and a simplistic script, Party... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Bitter Victory (Nicholas Ray, 1957)

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.]For the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon being held at Cinema... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The True Story of Jesse James (Nicholas Ray, 1957)

  

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.]The first of Nicholas Ray's farewells to Hollywood, The... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Hot Blood (Nicholas Ray, 1956)

  

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.] Nicholas Ray specialized in making films about misfits an... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955)

  

  Nicholas Ray's most enduring and iconic feature, Rebel Without a Cause resonates not only for its portrait of teenage alienation but its complex and warring... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Run For Cover (Nicholas Ray, 1955)

  

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.] Though not as wild as Johnny Guitar, Nicholas Ray's... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Lusty Men (Nicholas Ray, 1952)

  

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.]The Lusty Men is Nicholas Ray's most desolate and... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• On Dangerous Ground (Nicholas Ray, 1952)

  

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.] After making two certifiable classics (his debut, They... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Born to Be Bad (Nicholas Ray, 1950)

  

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.]What if Nicholas Ray had directed a Pre-Code? Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Woman's Secret (Nicholas Ray, 1949)

  

  [The following is a contribution to the Nicholas Ray Blog-A-Thon for Tony Dayoub's Cinema Viewfinder.]A Woman's Secret feels like a test run for its maker. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 MOVIES