I think perhaps my response to their (Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen’s) recent podcast (available on Spotify) is better written than either of my reviews. So, here’s a copy: I absolutely love your podcast! I had comments on both The Holdovers and Priscilla: The Holdovers I pray is Giamatti’s chance to win an Oscar. By… Continue reading My Love Letter to the Filmspotting Podcast
Tag: Sofia Coppola
Priscilla: Edward Hopper Level Design, Finger Paint Story
I understand that Priscilla’s life included a lot of isolation with intermittent bells and whistles. And that’s exactly what Sofia Coppola’s easy on the eye movie portrayed. However, this is the movie industry and I feel the story could have included more spice. I mean, wasn’t their sex life ever exciting? Even one roll in… Continue reading Priscilla: Edward Hopper Level Design, Finger Paint Story
On the Rocks, Conned this Rox
One of my top fifteen movies of all time is Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola’s gorgeous ode to feeling misunderstood, captured perfectly by two different generations (Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson) who come together in a hotel bar. So I went skipping to On the Rocks, Sofia’s newest using Bill Murray again, in a different… Continue reading On the Rocks, Conned this Rox
One Sofia, Two Sofia, Three Sofia “Somewhere”
I noticed by my third Sofia film that many of her actors don’t seem to have star power longevity. Is it simply a matter of how they can act mediocre enough to do well in Sofia’s atmospheric, minimum plot roles, like Somewhere from 2010? Of course, there are exceptions. Besides the obvious Scar-Jo (Lost in… Continue reading One Sofia, Two Sofia, Three Sofia “Somewhere”
Sofia Two: I like it so I should have put a “Bling Ring” on it
Researching the IMDB page for for Bling Ring http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2132285/, I did something I rarely do; read a subscriber review. icreatfilms_UK evidently felt an excoriating review was in order. And while I think this person sounds like a pompous arse, I did avoid Bling Ring at first for some of the reasons she hated the film.… Continue reading Sofia Two: I like it so I should have put a “Bling Ring” on it
Sofia Coppola First of a Trio: Some Day My Dauphin Will Come “Marie Antoinette”
This review is rated PG13, just like the film! In an attempt to gear up for the misandrist Beguiled, I decided to warm up with 3 Sofia Coppola movies I have never seen. Mind you, one of hers, Lost in Translation, could be my number one modern era movie of all time (though Whiplash is… Continue reading Sofia Coppola First of a Trio: Some Day My Dauphin Will Come “Marie Antoinette”