Mousterpiece Cinema Calendar
This is the Mousterpiece Cinema schedule for the rest of 2013: June 1st, 2013: Pinocchio (1940) June 8th, 2013: James and the Giant Peach (1996) June 15th,…
‘The Iceman’ boasts a solid ensemble, but a weak, rushed script
The Iceman exists in a strange kind of cinematic purgatory, in which reside those movies that are both too rushed and too slow. With actors…
‘Something in the Air’ an evocative, keenly felt tale of youthful rebellion and romance
Such a quality is ever-present in Olivier Assaysas’ new film Something in the Air (titled Apres Mai in France), set in the early 1970s and…
‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ a political thriller that avoids being complex, staying above the surface
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Directed by Mira Nair Written by Mohsin Hamid, Ami Boghani, and William Wheeler USA, 2013 At this point, it’s fairly trite if…
Mousterpiece Cinema: Michael Ryan: In Memoriam, Part Two
Welcome back, friends, to the second part of this special two-part show. As you saw from the first part of the podcast, Mousterpiece Cinema co-host…
Mousterpiece Cinema: Michael Ryan: In Memoriam, Part One
Friends, by now you may have heard, but if not, Josh and Gabe recently got some tragic news from Montreal: their Mousterpiece Cinema co-host Michael…
‘Iron Man 3′ a welcome return to form for Robert Downey, Jr. and Tony Stark
Iron Man 3 Directed by Shane Black Written by Drew Pearce & Shane Black USA, 2013 Fun has become a slightly forgotten commodity in the…
‘Pain & Gain’ a first for director Michael Bay: mostly gain, little pain
If cinema has anything to say about it, the modern American dream is best typified by a grandiose level of entitlement in those who covet…
‘Mud’ an engrossing shaggy-dog story about the end of innocence
All coming-of-age stories are, really, about the death of innocence, the moment at which each of us realizes that our innate ability to be impressionable…
‘Antiviral’ an icky if slightly too unbelievable new body-horror film
There is, one imagines, a breaking point with exactly how infatuated any of us will be with the modern celebrity. We fawn over them in…
Low-key and enjoyable ‘The Angels’ Share’ falters in the third act
Every so often, you can almost physically feel the shift a film makes as it attempts to lift the rug from under your feet. Most…
Some Thoughts on The Passing of Michael Ryan
I have never met a person as boundlessly enthusiastic as my Quebecois co-host Michael Ryan. We all have a reserve of positivity residing within us;…
