Kitsch Artist Biopic Is No Masterpiece
DIRECTED BY TIM BURTON/2014
You think you know a guy… For the whole of his directorial career, former animator Tim B...
Turns Out There Are A Lot Of Strings On It!
DIRECTED BY JOSS WHEDON/2015
Erik Yates: To say that the expectations are high for Joss Whedon’s follow up to th...
The Swedish Great Will Crush Your Head
He’s played both Christ and the Devil. (The Greatest Story Ever Told; Needful Things) He’s exorciesed evil and has been ...
Breaking Down This Contemporary Tale Of The Future
DIRECTED BY ALEX GARLAND/2015
Erik Yates: Mankind has had a fascination with the notion of machines being...
DisneyNature Doesn't Monkey Around With Formula
DIRECTED BY MARK LINFIELD, ALASTAIR FOTHERGILL/2015
“Here we come… Walking down the street…”
Yes, this fil...
What's the Matter with Kids Today???
DIRECTED BY NOAH BAUMBACH/2015 (U.S. release)
For the blu-ray release of the movie Blow-Out, forty-something filmmaker...
The Reved-Up Action Franchise Says Goodbye To Paul Walker The Only Way It Knows How
DIRECTED BY JAMES WAN/2015
Jim Tudor: Big, loud, macho cool.
It took some...
Our Crew Weighs In On Seeing Essential De Niro Films For The First Time
Brian De Palma discovered him, Martin Scorsese made him an icon. On screen, he is ...
Programmer of Cinema St. Louis' annual Classic French Film Festival
Cliff Froehlich is the executive director of Cinema St. Louis, an organization devoted to p...
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.
