Feed on
Posts
Comments

Monthly Archive for October, 2008

My Blueberry Nights (2008)

Directed by Wong Kar Wai
reviewed by John Murphy

Internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker, Wong Kar Wai, made his debut in the English-language market with My Blueberry Nights, a sweet-looking but bland-tasting confection. His version of America is much like his version of China: neon-saturated streets, smoky bars, and all night diners that form the atmospheric [...]

Read Full Post »

Dark Knight of the Soul

 
The Dark Knight (2008)
directed by Christopher Nolan

reviewed by John Murphy

“The night is always darkest just before the dawn,” says Harvey Dent, District Attorney of that embattered metropolis, Gotham City. The dawn seems distant yet. Only a faint sliver of light lines the horizon in The Dark Knight; a bruising, brooding masterpiece that remaps the [...]

Read Full Post »