You may think of film criticism as a rather sedate pursuit, involving a lot of sitting around in the dark and scratching one’s beard. But in truth, the trenches of cinemania are treacherous ground. Never mind the blogger infighting and hordes of rabid fanboys waiting for you after you post — I’m talking about the [...]
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"A fast, complex, exhilarating roadster ride through history and time.... Kino is an intoxicating Euro-brew, written with enormous skill and dedication." — Frederick Barthelme
"Jürgen Fauth's deft mashup of genre and historical period is both a full-throttle literary thriller of ideas and a contemplative examination of film and fascism. Kino is a debut of great intellectual force."– Teddy Wayne
"A surprising alternative history. Kino brings the golden age of German cinema to light with loving, sometimes gritty, detail and great precision." – Neal Pollack, author of Jewball.
"A delirious melange of conspiracy, magic, sex, history, bad behavior, and cinema, Kino is a stellar entertainment, and Jürgen Fauth is a writer of rare, sinister imagination." – Owen King, author of Reenactment
"A light-hearted romp that leads straight into darkness and back through the shadows on the wall."– Ben Loory, author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
"Movie nuts arise! A happy and felicitous debut."– Terese Svoboda
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Extreme Viewing
Posted by Jürgen on September 9, 2008
http://jurgenfauth.com/2008/09/09/extreme-viewing/
Vicky Christina Tatooine
Yes, there is a once-great filmmaker out there who desperately needs to be stopped before he completely destroys his formerly inspired legacy with a series of mechanical, lazy cash-ins that only blinkered fanboys could pretend to like. But it’s not George Lucas. Marcy Dermansky Ed Gonzalez Andrew O’Hehir Vicky Christina Barcelona. Woody Allen, 2008. *
Posted by Jürgen on August 16, 2008
http://jurgenfauth.com/2008/08/16/vicky-christina-tatooine/
The Dark Knight
Christopher Nolan and Maggie Gyllenhaal just aren’t enough of an indie connection to cover this on Worldfilm, so I’ll just say this here: godawful. Two hours and twenty minutes, a gazillion dollars, a sterling cast, and an eight story IMAX screen weren’t enough for this movie to tickle a single thrill out of me. Instead, [...]
Posted by Jürgen on July 16, 2008
http://jurgenfauth.com/2008/07/16/the-dark-knight/
Konsum: Poodlesitting
Poodle-in-law Bo needed my loving attention and finely honed dog-walking skills last week, so I only saw three new films along with the never-ending (and frequently repeating) slew of half-watched classics that drifted by on suburban cable TV. Expect this ratio to shift dramatically when I hit the Berlinale next week. In Bruges. Martin McDonagh, [...]
Posted by Jürgen on February 3, 2008
http://jurgenfauth.com/2008/02/03/konsum-poodlesitting/
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: the Alien is my favorite movie monster of all time, and I’ll go see the insectoid, double-jawed acid-for-blood chestbursting spawn of H.R. Giger in any incarnation — even this budget-bin junk, which wasn’t screened for critics and cost me $11 at the Queens midnight screening. I thought [...]
Posted by Jürgen on December 30, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/12/30/aliens-vs-predator-requiem/
Konsum: Turkey Parade
The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford Dullsville and then some. Artfully shot, for sure, but ripping off Malick isn’t as easy as it looks. The voice-over narration, always describing what we already saw, doesn’t create openings but locks the movie down even more than the airless, repetitive scenes between paranoid outlaws. [...]
Posted by Jürgen on November 27, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/11/27/konsum-parade-of-turkeys/
Konsum: Screeners
Squinting past giant “PROPERTY OF” watermarks one screener at a time in the annual quest to catch up with potentially award-worthy releases. Waitress It’s awful what happened to Adrienne Shelly but hasn’t the statue of limitations on uncritically praising her last movie expired by now? Even Marcy was much too kind. Adrienne Shelly, 2007. * [...]
Posted by Jürgen on November 14, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/11/14/konsum-screeners/
Konsum: Haverford Edition
Awards season has begun in earnest, preparations for the About.com redesign are in high gear, and the Phil Lesh Halloween extravaganza and marathon is upon us, so I’m resurrecting a category from the early days of muckworld, when everything was still hidden behind a password and we had a grand total of four (4) readers: [...]
Posted by Jürgen on October 31, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/10/31/konsum-haverford-edition/
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