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To the Wonder

It’s easy to see that “To the Wonder” is the least impressive achievement in Terrence Malick’s 40-year, six film canon—but just how much of a pan is that? When your admittedly tiny oeuvre consists of 1973’s “Badlands”, 1978’s “Days of Heaven”, 1998’s “The Thin Red Line”, 2005’s “The New World” and 2011’s “The Tree of […]

Promised Land

There was a time in the late 80’s to early 90’s when Gus Van Sant was the new guy on the scene, churning out exciting indies like “Drugstore Cowboy” and “My Own Private Idaho”. He went Hollywood soon after, turning out commercial dreck like “Good Will Hunting”(there, I’ve said it!)and an ill-conceived remake of Hitchcock’s […]