The party scene documentary plays like a narrative without a plot.
Scott Nye
Scott Nye
Episode 170 – The Flowers of St. Francis
Scott and David discuss faith, simplicity, nature, joy, and realism in Rossellini's don't-call-it-a-biopic.
Scott Reviews Ira Sachs’ Little Men [Sundance 2016]
A tale of gentrification takes a remarkably generous, human viewpoint.
Scott Reviews Joshua Marston’s Complete Unknown [Sundance 2016]
If only they'd left their story more unknown.
Scott Reviews So Yong Kim’s Lovesong [Sundace 2016]
A delicate, generous, heartbreaker of a romance.
Scott Reviews George Stevens’ Shane [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
The landmark western still stands tall.
Scott Reviews Whit Stillman’s Love & Friendship [Sundance 2016]
The result of Stillman adapting Jane Austen proves just as delicious as it sounds.
Scott Reviews Ana Katz’s My Friend From the Park [Sundance 2016]
Katz intelligently, empathetically explores the fears that haunt a new parent.
Scott Reviews Robert Greene’s Kate Plays Christine [Sundance 2016]
Greene and Kate Lyn Sheil's film explores the boundaries of documentary film, and of performance.
Scott Reviews Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea [Sundance 2016]
Lonergan delivers another wrenching story about coping with tragedy.
Scott Reviews Rebecca Miller’s Maggie’s Plan [Sundance 2016]
The film, ironically, lacks a proper plan itself.
Scott Reviews John Frankenheimer’s Seconds [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
Frankenheimer's paranoid masterpiece also serves as a reflection of its star's soul.
Episode 168 – Eric Rohmer’s My Night at Maud’s
Scott and David discuss faith, chance, choices, and morality in Eric Rohmer's landmark 1969 hit.
Scott Reviews Miloš Forman’s The Firemen’s Ball [Arrow Films Blu-ray Review]
Forman's riotous comedy of social disaster comes to high definition.
Scott Reviews Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant [Theatrical Review]
Iñárritu's latest is magnificently accomplished and very shallow.