Favorite Directors

I like directors that understand film is a storytelling medium. The plot shouldn't suffer from the director's decisions. The director needs to clearly communicate his ideas as well. It's absolutely fine to throw in a little  pizazz as well.

Quintin Tarantino

His dedication to irony is admirable.

Stanley Kubrick

I liked Full Metal Jacket and Dr. Strangelove. Not to mention 2001: a space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut; my netflix que is about to get a little busy.

Akira Kurosawa

The only guy that was able to sit me down for a three and a half hour movie.

Film Society of Lincoln Center's review on True Grit

This review is a positive review of the movie True Grit. It puts emphasis on the character of Mattie Ross' importance to the film, like many other reviews I've read had as well. It also notes the lexicon the characters spoke in and how it differs from the 1969 version of the film, which John Wayne starred in, and the serialized novel by Charles Portis. I enjoyed the film personally. The review does seem to wrap up my own thoughts pretty well. I think the internet is a good medium for a typical film magazine. It's general purpose is the spread of information. The review can be found here:

http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/jf11/truegrit.htm