Hey Kids! Comix!
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL VALENTINE/2016
STREET DATE: July 19, 2016/KINO LORBER
Big notes and bombast make up the musical score, itself an ob...
May Jia Zhangke's Glorious Melodrama Never Depart
DIRECTED BY JIA ZHANGKE/CHINESE, MANDARIN, CANTONESE, ENGLISH/2016 (U.S. release)
STREET DATE: July 12, 2016/...
Louis C.K.'s Animated Feature has no Bite
DIRECTED BY YARROW CHENEY & CHRIS RENAUD/2016
Ever since the second or third Pixar feature film, I've rested assu...
What the Fart...?
DIRECTED BY DAN KWAN AND DANIEL SCHEINERT/2016
As awful as this year has been so far, and however worse it just might get, 2016 will, from...
Better Than Your Ordinary Whizzpopper
The prevalent attitude that it's acceptable to skimp when it comes to children's entertainment may not be dead, but it's ...
Criterion's Blu-ray Release Displays Early Antonioni in Style
DIRECTED BY MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI/ITALIAN/1955
STREET DATE: June 7, 2016/CRITERION COLLECTION...
Something To Do With Sergio Leone?
DIRECTED BY SERGIO LEONE/1984
If it's true, as Sir Christopher Frayling claims in his seminal book on Sergio Leone, Someth...
Once Upon A Time, In A Far Away Land…
An apology upfront for that oh so predictable opening line. Some might even so far as to call it “tired”. But really, I'm...
Matthew McConaughey Declares War After The War
DIRECTED BY GARY ROSS/2016
Outside a prominent courthouse, in a shot all its own, the Confederate flag comes ...
Troubled Trans-Continental Young Love
DIRECTED BY DRAKE DOREMUS/2011
(This is my opening weekend review, originally published at TwitchFilm circa October 20...
Jim co-founded ZekeFilm in 2011. He's been writing about films since 2003 for outlets such as ScreenAnarchy. He is the current President of the St. Louis Film Critics Association, and an adjunct instructor of film studies at Webster University. He's also worked as video editor and Art Director for professional film and video productions. He also co-hosted the long-running comedy podcast, The Wonder Show. He is a life-long St. Louisian living with his wife and four children.
