"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
Christopher Soden holds Vermont College’s MFA in Poetry. He writes film & literary critique, essay, performance pieces and dramaturgy. Honors and positions: Poetry Editor: Espejo. President Emeritus: The Dallas Poets Community, The Poetry Society of America's Poetry in Motion Series, Fourth Unity’s Annual Unity Fest and The Dallas Public Library’s Distinguished Poets of Dallas. Publication: Gertrude, Windy City Times, The Chiron Review, Sentence, Borderlands, New Texas 2002, The James White Review and Best of Texas Writing 2.
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It's as if a creator of grisly, Grand Guignol contemporary comic books were trying to explain philosophy in hyper-violent terms.
Is the film more than "Shylock: Whipping Boy for Ignorant Gentiles?"
Use the monkey, Mary.
With this war documentary, less is more, more or less.
A brilliant, excruciating film that feeds us the ashes of profound male estrangement without the radiance that precedes it.
Spike Lee is still clinging to the ridiculous myth that the right man (i.e. caring, tender, sensitive) can “cure” lesbianism.
Forward, into the past!
Jack Starks initiates a quasi-spiritual journey in which he experiences deaths both great and small.
The camera, neutral and persistent, enables him to grapple with hidden emotions because he is merely the transcriber.
Self-blame, self-loathing, and the elusive nature of "the truth" make for compelling drama in this tale.
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