Author Archives: Bob Hill

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It’s pretty fascinating to trace the long-term impact of Ingmar Bergman’s Seventh Seal. In terms of modern cinema, it would probably make sense to dive right in with Woody Allen. Allen pulls symbiotically from Bergman, time and time and time … Read More … Read More

You’ve really gotta hand it to James Gandolfini – in the iron-hot days immediately following his 10-year run as the greatest television character of all-time, dude had the prudence to step back and allow his typecast image some much-needed room … Read More … Read More

“The responsibility is on the artist, even when he tries to evade responsibility. If, so far, American experimental and ‘little’ films haven’t received much support, most of them haven’t deserved it, either. All too frequently, after an evening of avant-garde … Read More

Simon Killer is a well-acted, well-directed film that’s going nowhere, slow. I mean, somewhere – somewhere deep inside – there may exist some subtle subtext regarding the way American aristocrats treat their French brethren like whores. But, otherwise, the entire movie’s … Read More … Read More

“I don’t think about the reader; I think about the book. I think about the sentence. I think about the paragraph. I think about the page. I go over it, and over it, and over it. The book begins to … Read More

Ryan Gosling has not so much reimagined the strong, silent type as he has made it his own. Drive, Blue Valentine, Half Nelson, Lars and The Real Girl – These are all unique, well-constructed character studies in a signature mold. … Read More … Read More

It was just past 1 am when the ocean breeze came pressing down, forcing rusty hinges on the porch to bend and squeal like aching joints. I was alone in my apartment, drinking Mad Dog from the bottle; listening to … Read More

There’s something so stunningly sedate about the pieces on display at Gallery Henoch through this Saturday, it’s almost worth the visit just to let the whole damn thing wash over you. The artists are eclectic, and the pieces are, as … Read More

Poor poor Jimmy McAvoy – forever playing second fiddle to a star. First came Keira Knightley in Atonement. Then a surging Michael Fassbender in X-Men:First Class. And now, in a more recent twist, McAvoy’s been taken to the woodshed once … Read More … Read More