Canada
Whenever I hear the term “psychosexual drama,” I think of “The Wrong Man,” Alexandre Rockwell’s segment from 1995’s Four Rooms in which husband Siegfried (David Proval) takes out his jealous aggressions on hotel bellboy Ted (Tim Roth) at gunpoint. Believing Ted has been schtupping his wife Angela (Jennifer Beals), who now sits bound and gagged […]
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(This review originally appeared at Reel Film News on March 22, 2013.) Canada’s entry into the 2012 Oscar race, War Witch, is a stunning and frightening film. It’s frightening to me because in my world, when I see children in movies, they’re usually going on a treasure hunt, trying to rescue a Babe Ruth-signed ball […]
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