Caths Film Forum

The Power of the Press

Due to the dearth of anything remotely compelling playing in the theatres, I have been turning my attention lately to my lengthening Netflix queue, in an attempt to somehow make a dent in its vastness. This past weekend brought me two long-overdue-to-be-seen titles, Raging Bull and Absence of Malice. The latter, a 1981 [...]

The American

I love George Clooney. And I love director Anton Corbijn. So, naturally, I couldn’t have imagined a better place to escape the heat on a blistering Saturday afternoon than to the theatre which was showing The American, the second feature film from the acclaimed video director, starring Clooney.

Corbijn is best [...]

The Comfort of Clutter

COMMENTARY

There have been a lot of changes in my life lately, and, to be honest, I’m not so sure how I feel about them.

Some people have comfort food. Some people believe in retail therapy. For me, what brings me ease in times of stress is the warm cocoon of media that [...]

Salt

I don’t really ask for much during the summer. A nice ocean breeze, a nice grilled veggie dog, some good waves, and at least one mindless action movie that doesn’t subtract brain cells. Salt definitely isn’t a classic movie, or is it even close to being a good movie, but it certainly [...]

The Kids Are All Right

Review/ Commentary

My biggest pet peeve, in life and in movies, is falseness. If I don’t believe it, then you’ve lost me. Or, worse, if you try to put something over on me, I will actively rebel.

This is me actively rebelling.

The Kids Are All Right is one of the best-reviewed movies [...]

Inception

“What we usually call ‘consciousness’, the fact that I am aware of myself and therefore in a sense can appear to myself, would never suffice to guarantee reality.” -Hannah Arendt, The Life of the Mind

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” -Edgar Allan Poe

Perception. [...]

Toy Story 3

If you’re wondering where the heart is in Hollywood, you don’t have to look any further than Pixar. Disney was very wise to have bought the spunky little animated studio-that-could. In a classic case of “if you can’t beat ‘em, buy ‘em” economics, Disney knew it had to do something about [...]