The Visual Storyteller Finds Truth in the Lies... at 24 Frames per Second.
Controversial from his moment of relevance, filmmaker Brian De Palma's infamy is wel...
Within Our Gates: A Counter-History Through A Counter-Cinema
STREET DATE: July 26, 2016/KINO LORBER
Arriving as a 5-disc series which includes more than 20 ...
DIRECTED BY ANATOLE LITVAK/1962
STREET DATE: July 26, 2016/KINO LORBER STUDIO CLASSICS
Two years following Psycho, in which Alfred Hitchcock so cagily uti...
tДp-tДp-tДp-tДp-tДp-tДp-tДp-tДp-tДp...
DIRECTED BY CHAD GRACIA/RUSSIAN, ENGLISH/2015
STREET DATE: July 26, 2016/Kino Lorber
True: The Soviet government, ...
Is Paul Verhoeven Pulling a Fast One?
DIRECTED BY PAUL VERHOEVEN/DUTCH, ENGLISH/2012
STREET DATE: July 26, 2016/KINO LORBER
Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeve...
I Ain't Afraid of no Estrogen!
DIRECTED BY PAUL FEIG/2016
The new Ghostbusters uses the same iconic a logo of the original 1984 film, with a few minor diff...
Hey Kids! Comix!
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL VALENTINE/2016
STREET DATE: July 19, 2016/KINO LORBER
Big notes and bombast make up the musical score, itself an ob...
May Jia Zhangke's Glorious Melodrama Never Depart
DIRECTED BY JIA ZHANGKE/CHINESE, MANDARIN, CANTONESE, ENGLISH/2016 (U.S. release)
STREET DATE: July 12, 20...
Louis C.K.'s Animated Feature has no Bite
DIRECTED BY YARROW CHENEY & CHRIS RENAUD/2016
Ever since the second or third Pixar feature film, I've rested a...
What the Fart...?
DIRECTED BY DAN KWAN AND DANIEL SCHEINERT/2016
As awful as this year has been so far, and however worse it just might get, 2016 will, from...
Jim has been reviewing films since 2003 for outlets such as ScreenAnarchy (formerly TwitchFilm, both as Featured Critic), ImagineDat, and KTRS 550 AM. He co-founded ZekeFilm in 2011. He is Director of the St. Louis Film Critics Association, and works as video editor and Art Director for professional film and video productions. He also co-hosts the long-running comedy podcast, The Wonder Show. He is a life-long St. Louisian living with his wife and four children. He loves Star Wars, Queen, and the band Daniel Amos.
