Candyman (2021)
A Chicago artist (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) spirals into madness after discovering the urban legend of Candyman, getting horribly stung by a bee and inexplicably neglecting to go to waspital. Jordan […]
A Chicago artist (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) spirals into madness after discovering the urban legend of Candyman, getting horribly stung by a bee and inexplicably neglecting to go to waspital. Jordan […]
We reviewed horror classic Candyman some 12 years ago back in 2015, but if they’re allowed to reboot it this year then I too should be allowed to try again. […]
When an American naval officer (Danny Huston) lands on the shores of Feudal Japan, a daimyo (Hiroki Hasegawa) sends his army on a 36-mile footrace to test their mettle that […]
Three ticked-off women wallow in Stephen Daldry and David Hare’s The Hours, something of a misnomer since it clocks in at one hour 50. The stories of Virginia Woolf (Nicole […]
This year Glass finally completes a long-running trilogy, and for once I’m not talking about M. Night Shyamalan. The twist here is that Philip Glass’ third David Bowie symphony (‘Lodger’, […]
This is Philip Glass’s third biographical opera following Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha (about Gandhi). This time the subject is Akhnaten, the Egyptian pharaoh noted for replacing Egypt’s traditional […]
In part 3 of Godfrey Reggio and Philip Glass’s Qatsi trilogy, we see life at war as politicians, religious symbols, money, power and computers vie against each other through digital imagery. […]
Director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass reunite in this follow-up to 1982’s Koyaanisqatsi. As with its predecessor, the film is entirely without words or story, and acts as much […]
Essentially an extended Philip Glass music video, Koyaanisqatsi takes a long, hard look at human civilazation through beautifully photographed scenes accompanied by some of Glass’s finest work. Beginning with stunning […]
Heed the advice of the Grateful Dead, who once sang: “Look out, look out, The Candyman.” Mind you, they also said “Look for a while at the china cat sunflower,” so […]