Punch Drunk Love

I don’t pretend to understand movie audiences under 30 with an ever-growing lust for blood, bowels, vomit and torture. But they’ll get plenty of it all in an apocalyptic view of toxic humanity called The Killer Inside Me, another sweaty, feverish adaptation of visceral pulp fiction by the nihilistic gonzo writer Jim Thompson, Read More

Casey at the Bat

“Hey, look over there. There’s a dude out there. What the fuck is he doing?” Casey Affleck, distracted mid-thought in response to a question about his new movie, The Killer Inside Me, stood up to get a better look out the window from his room at the Crosby Street Hotel, at a man dressed in Read More

The Bread of Affleck-tion

GONE BABY GONE
Running Time 114 minutes
Written by Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard
Directed by Ben Affleck
Starring Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris

At the movies, 10 months of junk are over and we’re moving into the 2007 homestretch with an avalanche of serious works so dour you’ll just want to kill Read More