May Reviews

These are the reviews and other pieces I'm working on this month.Amazon DVD: Women in Love (with Rosamund Pike and Rachael Stirling). Amazon Theatricals: Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundament-alist (with Riz Ahmed), Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha (with Greta Gerwig), Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's (documentary with Giorgio Armani, Marc Jacobs, etc.), Scot McGehee and David Siegel's What Maisie Knew (Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan), and The Spectacular Now (Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley).Still playing: Admission, Disconnect, Life of Pi, Quartet, and The Sapphires.  Line Out: The Phoenix Foundation Goes Deep, Scout Niblett: No Wigs, No Scrubs,

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April Reviews

These are the reviews and other pieces I'm working on this month. Amazon DVDs: A Late Quartet [Blu-ray] (Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Cath-erine Keener), Weeds - Season Eight: The Final Season [two-disc set], and Parade's End (Judi Dench).Amazon Theatrical: Disconnect (Alexander Skarsgård). Still playing (or yet to open): Admission, Amour, Beyond the Hills, The Guilt Trip, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Quartet, and The Sapphires.Line Out: Herbcraft's Fantastic Voyage, Ellen Alien Composed a Score for You, New Video and Song: The Cyclist's "Bones in Motion," King Tuff: Bad Words and Classic Beats, New Dark Dark Dark Song

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March Reviews

Still from Beware of Mr. Baker.These are the reviews and other pieces I'm working on this month. Amazon DVDs: The Sessions [Blu-ray] (with John Hawkes and Helen Hunt) and Secrets of Highclere Castle. Amazon Theatricals: The Sapphires, Admission (with Tina Fey and Paul Rudd), At Any Price (Dennis Quaid and Zac Ephron), and CristianMungiu's Beyond the Hills.   Still playing (or yet to open): Amour, Bless Me, Ultima, The Guilt Trip, Life of Pi, Lincoln, The Master, Quartet, and Rust and Bone. Line Out: The Asshole Glory of Ginger Baker, Cellist Julia Kent Has Character, Yellowbirds - "Young Men of Promise," Helado Negro - Calm Cool, and Collect

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February Reviews

Paul Williams (Paul Williams: Still Alive) at the Egyptian on 5/12. These are the reviews and other pieces I'm working on this month. Amazon DVDs: Downton Abbey -Season Three [two-disc set] and Boardwalk Empire - The Complete Third Season [five-disc set].Amazon Theatricals: Bless Me, Ultima.  Still playing (or yet to open): Amour, Anna Karen-ina, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Quartet, and Rust and Bone. Line Out: Feeding People's Island Universe, Yo La Tengo - Steadfast and True, Sleepwalking in Space with Psychic Twin, Julian Lynch's Lovely "Carios kelleyi I," Mouse on Mars Are on the Move, Pony Time - "What If You Caught Me," White Fence's Fuzztas

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January Reviews

These are the reviews and other pieces I'm working on this month.Amazon DVDs: The Life & Times of Tim - The Complete Third Season [2-disc set], The Hour - Season Two [2-Blu set], Scarecrow and Mrs. King - The 4th and Final Season [5-disc set].  Amazon Theatricals: Amour (Michael Haneckedirects Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva) and Quartet (Dustin Hoffman directs Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay).Still playing (or yet to open): Anna Karenina, The Guilt Trip,  Life of Pi, Lincoln, Playing for Keeps, and Rust and Bone.  Line Out: Raw Balls and Bad Eggs: The Ballad of UV Race, Listen to Broadcast's Semi-Final LP, Girls Names -

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Songs for Cineastes: 2012 Edition

Cate Le Bon (The Control Group)Click here for the 2011 edition. Rather than a list of film scores or soundtracks, the following represents an assortment of music recommended for movie lovers such as myself. Some independent film fans prefer mainstream movie fare. Similarly, some art house aficionados prefer major-label music. There's nothing wrong with that; I just can't relate to it (and try to avoid giving the Man my money whenever possible). If you share my taste in movies, there's a good chance you might share my taste in music. Links lead to reviews and previews for Line Out. The Tops:1. Cate Le Bon - CYRK (The Control Group)2. Julia Holter

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Movies for Music Lovers: 2012 EditionClick here for the 2011 edition. Some of these films premiered in the US in 2011, but didn't arrive in Seattle until 2012, in which case I deferred to local release dates. Some missed the city altogether, in which case I caught up via DVD. I wrote about many for Amazon, Line Out, The Seattle International Film Festival, SIFFBlog, and Video Librarian (the links lead to reviews, though Rust and Bone and Amour haven't been posted yet, since they don't open here until January).  The Tops: 1. Patience (After Sebald) (Grant Gee)In his haunting profile of an author's defining novel, Gee created a true work of art.2.

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