Martha Marcy May Marlene
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Trailer and Poster for Sean Durkin’s Short Film ‘Mary Last Seen’
Winner of the Best Dramatic Direction award at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, Martha Marcy May Marlene remains one of my favorite films of the past few years. It is a clever, creepy and extremely striking reflection on the duplicitous way cults instill their beliefs when feeding on the psychological vulnerabilities of their prey. The […] More
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TJFF 2012: Watching ‘The Prize’ in totality is an unsavory Pyrrhic victory
The Prize Written and directed by Paula Markovitch Mexico, 2011 After winning an essay contest at her school, seven-year old Cecilia (Paula Galinelli Hertzog) is showered with praise. Her teacher has the entire class form a line, and one-by-one, she has everyone give Cecilia a congratulatory kiss on the cheek. That is, except for one. […] More
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Movie Lovers Podcast Episode #2 – ‘The Grey’ and Early 2012 Roundup
Welcome to the second episode of the Movie Lovers Podcast. Official podcast of FilmsWeWatched. Movie Lovers Podcast is a film podcast by a couple so out of their gourd about film, they were clearly meant for each other. Highlighting older release first-time watches as well as new theatricals, the podcast covers anything movies. Are you […] More
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2011: A Year in Review Part I
2011 was one of the best years for film in recent years. There are about 25 films that could have made my top ten list and each film in my top 5 could be my number one. I saw about 100 films this year and I still wish I could have seen more. I feel […] More
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Staff List: The 30 Best Films of 2011
With more movies in limited and general release than ever before, 2011 was a ridiculously crowded year for both casual and discerning moviegoers alike. One by-product of the glut is a refreshing lack of consensus; so many films have been championed in so many corners – while those same films get trashed in others – […] More
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Ten Best Movies of 2011
300 episodes. If that sounds like an insane number to you, that’s because it damn well is. Since the inception of the radio show roughly four years ago, we’ve reviewed roughly 750 films (if not more), undergone loads of changes in lineup, format, and recording setup, and had our share of trials. With 2011 coming […] More
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Best Movie Trailers of 2011
It seems like it was only yesterday when I posted the best trailers of 2010 with the trailer for Terrence Malick’s Tree Of Life taking top honours. As we continue our look back at 2011, we’re once again reminded of a few things: Movie trailers have become a medium unto themselves, but you should never […] More
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Ten Best Movies of 2011 / Review of ‘Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol’
300 episodes. If that sounds like an insane number to you, that’s because it damn well is. Since the inception of the radio show roughly four years ago, we’ve reviewed roughly 750 films (if not more), undergone loads of changes in lineup, format, and recording setup, and had our share of trials. With 2011 coming […] More
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2011: The year’s best movie moments (part 2)
Most moviegoers can agree on one thing: there were way too many movies this year. If you’re (un)fortunate enough to live in New York, you had the opportunity to see around 600 new features come and go; the rest of us didn’t get that many fewer. That means that anyone who’s been put in […] More
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2011: The year’s best movie moments (part 1)
Most moviegoers can agree on one thing: there were way too many movies this year. If you’re (un)fortunate enough to live in New York, you had the opportunity to see around 600 new features come and go; the rest of us didn’t get that many fewer. That means that anyone who’s been put in a […] More
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Interview with Sean Durkin (‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’) / ‘Afterschool’
Ricky D scored an interview with Sean Durkin, the writer-director of one of the year’s most acclaimed films, Martha Marcy May Marlene. In this episode, we included the whole conversation, as well as a review of Afterschool, the Durkin-produced 2008 feature from director Antonio Campos (who, in turn, produced MMMM). Finally, in case you missed […] More
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‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ a flawed and disturbing portrait of identity
Martha Marcy May Marlene Directed by Sean Durkin Written by Sean Durkin USA, 2012 The fractured nature of Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene is eerily reminiscent of the same tactics used by Derek Cianfrance in his 2010 film Blue Valentine. This film relies less on the novel like structure of the aforementioned film, as it effortlessly invites the […] More
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