Author: jose

One of the best entries in this now-annual anthology series.

May sometimes deliver what you hope for, but it’s an otherwise sloppy outing for Adkins.

May sometimes deliver what you hope for, but it’s an otherwise sloppy outing for Adkins.

Profound thoughts about time, memory, loss, and nature expressed in a simplified, meditative, cinematic language of exquisite images and gentle music.

Profound thoughts about time, memory, loss, and nature expressed in a simplified, meditative, cinematic language of exquisite images and gentle music.

Imagine a Charlie Kaufman movie that never made you the slightest bit uncomfortable.

Imagine a Charlie Kaufman movie that never made you the slightest bit uncomfortable.

Watching Coppola land on his head and then pick himself back up again and point himself at another brick wall is ultimately strangely inspiring.

Watching Coppola land on his head and then pick himself back up again and point himself at another brick wall is ultimately strangely inspiring.

Though some elements read forcedly wedged in for thematic potency, “Plainclothes” does feel seductively alive when Lucas and Andrew are alone together.