As the enigmatic cinema purist Mathias (Corentin Fila) is fixated upon, A Paris Education itself aims to be an ideal film about life and beauty and what is true. “Manufactured scenarios” and identifiable artifice is supposedly off the table, yet this viewer found one major character development after another to be literally predictable.
A Subtly Charged Nail-biting Work of Social Lamp-lighting
DIRECTED BY XAVIER LEGRAND/FRENCH/2018 (U.S. Theatrical Release)
BLU-RAY STREET DATE: OCTOBER 3...
Kenneth Branagh, Robert Altman, and John Grisham Make for Strange, Neo-Noir Bedfellows.
DIRECTED BY ROBERT ALTMAN/1998
BLU-RAY STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 13, ...
An Unlikely Pairing of Lesser-Known F.W. Murnau Classics Comes to Blu-ray
DIRECTED BY F.W. MURNAU (BOTH FILMS)/1921; 1924
BLU-RAY STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 1...
The Angry Young Man Turned Statesman of Film, Theatre and Television, 1936-2019
There’s only one man who could play the keeper of the Bond estate in Sky...
An International Batch of Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts
ShortsTV is bringing this year’s batch of Oscar nominated Live Action, Documentary and Anim...
Jim has been reviewing films since 2003 for outlets such as ScreenAnarchy (formerly TwitchFilm, both as Featured Critic), ImagineDat, and KTRS 550 AM. He co-founded ZekeFilm in 2011. He is Director of the St. Louis Film Critics Association, and works as video editor and Art Director for professional film and video productions. He also co-hosts the long-running comedy podcast, The Wonder Show. He is a life-long St. Louisian living with his wife and four children. He loves Star Wars, Queen, and the band Daniel Amos.
