Wednesdays with Woody: Manhattan (1979)
Many have named Manhattan Woody Allen’s greatest film; some, the greatest film of all time. Allen himself was reportedly so disappointed with it that…
Film Review: The Raid (2012)
There’s a famous scene in Tony Jaa’s The Protector where our hero, searching for the mob boss who stole his elephant (don’t ask) has…
AFFFF Review: 17 Girls (2011)
An inadvertently vicious indictment of teenage empowerment, 17 Girls (17 filles) half-heartedly tries to portray its central characters – a group of high school…
AFFFF Review: The Rabbi’s Cat (2011)
Narrator: “So my master sat me down for my first lesson in Judaism…” Rabbi: “Here’s how the world began. The Lord God created the…
Wednesdays with Woody: What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
By 1966, Woody Allen was already something of a star. After a decade as a wildly successful comedy writer and performer, Allen had an…
Film Review: A Separation (2012)
From the comfort of a house in a suburb of a major city in a Western nation, Iran can feel like a world away.