Eulogizing Celluloid, And The Profession That Made It Live
DIRECTOR: PETER FLYNN/2016
The documentary The Dying of the Light might not be what one expects. ...
Lonely Island Mockumentary Dances To Familiar Beats
In the spirit of the layered comedy that this just might be, let's start this review of the new lowbrow mus...
Odd Lonely Hearts In Hot Water
DIRECTOR: YORGOS LANTHIMOS/2016
A lobster is an unlikely animal. When it comes to naming favorite animals, most people are no...
Hollywood's Last Great Glamor Girl
As a four-year-old, the first movie my mom remembered seeing in a theater was Audrey Hepburn's first Hollywood-starring role...
Not Your Ordinary Rock N' Roll Dive
DIRECTOR: LUCA GUADAGNINO/2016
"...We got a little lost."
Yes, I'll say you did.
The former pronouncement comes as...
When Marvels Tussle!
DIRECTOR: JOE AND ANTHONY RUSSO/2016
JIM TUDOR: God bless America. Captain America, that is. Following not just the murky drudgery of...
Irish Teen Musical Tunes Into The 1980s
DIRECTOR: JOHN CARNEY/2016
“Any guy who says he started playing guitar for any other reason than meeting girls is ly...
When You Wish Upon a (Neglected) Star...
An exercise in futility for cinephiles the world over is recalling the first movie you, the obsessive movie fan, e...
Projection Meets Amplification On A Grandiose Scale
Please note that the following piece is intended only as an informed overview. Rather than grasp for some...
...And Many Will Be Satisfied.
Just as Van Halen is a culturally agreeable step down from Led Zeppelin, so too are their respective songs “Everybody Wants Some...
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.
