click to enlarge Rebecca Lyon This time last year, the film-loving farceur behind the Music Box Theatre s beloved Twitter account now restored to its former glory after a bogus several-week suspension due to supposed copyright infringement replied to a tweet from a film fan in a conversation about Christopher Nolan: Keep your fingers crossed that this is all over in time for TENET in July! July came around, the pandemic was very much not over, and the response to
Tenet, which Warner Brothers released to theaters despite hesitancy among exhibitors and audiences alike, was lukewarm in all respects. Moviegoers were wary about the prospect, and, if they did journey out to see it, were largely disappointed by what they found: a film that was too loud, too confusing, and, perhaps most frustratingly, was being viewed in a
When did it become a critic s responsibility to provide the screening venue? It s bad enough that 30% of the films I cover are shipped to me on a shiny disc to be viewed in my living room. I refuse to review another movie based on a laptop screening.
Part of the reason I took a shine to movies in the first place was because I liked my Hayley Mills 70 feet tall. Movies are meant to be larger than life and as such need to be viewed on a device that s larger than my head.
Home video is perfectly suited for repeat viewings, but as a critic it s important that I see a film in the same manner that my readers will. (Guess it s time to buy an iPhone.) Theatrical screenings of smaller films are cost prohibitive. I understand and have begrudgingly succumbed to DVD screeners, frequently defaced by cautionary brands. FOR REVIEW PURPOSE ONLY! PROPERTY OF MAGNOLIA FILMS. DO NOT DUPLICATE. COPY AND WE LL KILL YOUR CHILDREN!