YOU’RE KILLING ME is a wry and delightful black comedy of very bad manners, of which murder may not be the most heinous. In it, a group of hip twenty-somethings on the fringes of show biz negotiate awkward game nights, the finer points of dating etiquette, and the protocols of disposing of a dead body.… Read More »
Perry Blackshear, MacLeod Andrews & Evan Dumouchel Insist that THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE
THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE is a first-rate existential horror film, as well as a psychological thriller. I got the same vibe watching it that I had gotten watching PI and BRICK, the maiden efforts of Darren Aronofsky and Rian Johnson respectively. Writer/director Perry Blackshear understands more than just how to create evocative, even sumptuous, visuals, he knows… Read More »
Jay Baruchel and Nate Torrence Think SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE
Nate Torrence and Jay Baruchel were in a particularly game and silly mood when I spoke to them early in the morning on February 22, 2010. Hence, the inordinate amount of giggling and guffaws as they pondered the way art does and doesn’t imitate life in SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE, as well as why special skills are… Read More »