Writer/director Wash Westmoreland has fiercely claimed his place among the smartest and most thoughtful of commercial filmmakers.
Scott Nye
Scott Nye
Scott Reviews Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout [Theatrical Review]
Breathlessly exciting, there are images in this I could not believe I was seeing.
TCM Fest 2018: Work, Sex, and Everything In Between
Scott discusses four films from TCM Fest, and how they explore the work/life balance
TCM Fest 2018: The Big Lebowski’s 20th Anniversary
Joel and Ethan Coen's iconic stoner comedy remains one of our great elemental films.
Scott Reviews Sebastián Lelio’s Disobedience [Theatrical Review]
I was complete bowled over by this passionate film that gets so much urgency into every scene yet emerges completely even-handed.
Scott Reviews Sally Potter’s The Party [Theatrical Review]
Potter is back with a hilarious new satire.
Scott Reviews Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post [Sundance 2018]
Her follow-up to Appropriate Behavior is a similarly socially-engaged, complex portrait.
Scott Reviews Jim Hosking’s An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn [Sundance 2018]
Not all of the humor will land for everyone; not all of it landed for me. But it hits where it counts.
Scott Reviews Panos Costmatos’s Mandy [Sundance 2018]
Cosmatos returns to the cinema with a somewhat-more-standard affair that still thrills.
Scott Reviews Paul Dano’s Wildlife [Sundance 2018]
Dano's directorial debut is uncommonly mature and thoughtful.
Scott Reviews Gus Van Sant’s Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot [Sundance 2018]
At once oddly-paced and structurally ingenious, Van Sant's latest is lovelier than it may initially appear.
Scott Reviews Wash Westmoreland’s Colette [Sundance 2018]
An absolutely beautiful film about the endless quest to find oneself.
Scott Reviews Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread [Theatrical Review]
Paul Thomas Anderson is possibly the greatest working American filmmaker, right now in the prime of his career. It feels like heaven.
Episode 188 – Monte Hellman’s The Shooting & Ride in the Whirlwind
Scott, David, and Trevor talk production models, genre, and drug trips in Hellman's landmark low-budget westerns.
Scott Reviews Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying [Theatrical Review]
Not the sum of its parts, but unassuming enough to remain pleasant.