Jake Cole

LATEST ARTICLES ( 682 )

• Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003)

  

  The following is my May entry for Blindspots.Elephant’s Steadicam tracks last so long and move so languidly that they frequently curve backward in time, each... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Redacted (Brian De Palma, 2007)

  Spectrum Culture closes out its De Palma retrospective with my piece on Redacted, a film I continue to find fascinating in theory but sloppy and... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Augustine (Alice Winocour, 2013)

  

  Alice Winocour's feature debut, Augustine, displays a skill with direction beyond its makers experience. If anything, there is too much going on in the frame,... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Pietà (Kim Ki-duk, 2013)

  

  I have yet to see another Kim Ki-duk film, but judging by his 18th feature, Pietà, I have no desire to catch up with any of the other 17. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Book Review: A Crack-Up at the Race Riots, by Harmony Korine

  On the back of his latest (and greatest) film, Harmony Korine has reissued of his sui generis collection of fragments, A Crack-Up at the Race Riots. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Kingpin (The Farrelly Brothers, 1996)

  This week, The Vulgar Cinema is focusing on the work of the Farrelly brothers, some of the finest comic filmmakers of the last 20 years. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Repo Man (Alex Cox, 1984)

  

  I've come to Repo Man surprisingly late, given how it contains so many elements I cannot help but love: anti-Reagan social commentary, a cultural snapshot... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2013)

  

  I still need to see Kill List, but I found Sightseers to be a dark treat once it gets past its unnecessarily cruel opening. Between this and Spring Breakers,... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Star Trek Into Darkness (J.J. Abrams, 2013)

  

  I've given J.J. Abrams positive write-ups in the past, but Star Trek Into Darkness is one oversimplification too far. It is not a reimagining of Trek but an... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Revisited: The Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma, 2006)

  I've loved Brian De Palma's maudit The Black Dahlia since I first watched it over a year ago, and each viewing proves more rewarding. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Kiss of the Damned (Xan Cassavetes, 2013)

  At its best, Xan Cassavetes' narrative debut Kiss of the Damned mines the more frigid waters of Eurohorror for stately atmosphere and erotic longing. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Netflix Instant Picks (5/10/13—5/16/13)

  Still trying to piece together some recommendations after the May 1 turnover, so it's another week of new streaming titles for me. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Something in the Air (Olivier Assayas, 2013)

  Something in the Air is the weakest of the last three films Olivier Assayas has made, but underneath its ostensible nostalgia and self-pity is a wry critique... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (Terence Nance, 2013)

  

  Occasionally frustrating in its hard-to-follow density, Terence Nance's An Oversimplification of Her Beauty is nevertheless a strikingly innovative work from... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Pain & Gain (Michael Bay, 2013)

  

  As an introductory statement of theme, Daniel Lugo’s (Mark Wahlberg) maxim “I believe in fitness” invokes “I believe in America” less than “I was born a poor... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Favorite Film Discoveries, April 2013

  

  1. The Age of the Medici (Roberto Rossellini, 1973)Rossellini makes something miraculous, a work dense with political intrigue and historical upheaval, yet one... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• The Yards (James Gray, 2000)

  James Gray's The Yards is, like everything else he's made in his sadly infrequent career, a bold mix of classical, Fordian technique and Cassavetian acting whos... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Re-Make/Re-Model: Rollerball (1975) Vs. Rollerball (2002)

  My latest Re-Make/Re-Model column looks into dubious futuristic satire of corporate power that spawned one cult classic and the most scathingly reviewed film... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO

• Duelle (Jacques Rivette, 1976)

  

  The following is my April submission for Blindspots.The first of an aborted quartet of planned films that variated on the same theme, Jacques Rivette’s Duelle... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Forbidden Planet (Fred M. Wilcox, 1956)

  

  I belatedly got around to this excellent science-fiction picture, and it may be my favorite sci-fi film of the '50s. Trading the Cold War commentary for a... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC, TV & VIDEO