I love movies. I love movie theaters. But there is nothing quite like going to an art museum. I feel incredibly alive and emotional in those spaces. It's even better when you walk around with someone else and share the experience, talking back and forth about which works speak to you and move you.
True. I had a great time recently going with friends to the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh - an artist I don't particularly care for, but seeing his art *at scale* (that's important; reproductions in books and brochures don't do justice to many works) made for a treasured experience.
World Cup watch party. Culver City, California.
A special Q&A last night.
The rollerskating sequence in HEAVEN’S GATE went just as crazy as I hoped it would on 35mm! Isabelle Huppert is also, unsurprisingly, the most chic woman in the world.
The ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM teaser trailer is out. I love this film, which I reviewed at Sundance: www.screendaily.com/reviews/once...
For the @latimes.com, I reviewed the Cannes prizewinner THE LITTLE SISTER, a coming-out drama that's as much about learning to love yourself as it loving someone else.
THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD is full of atmosphere and ambition. But it's also another "Hey, what if we re-imagined this famous character by making him really sad and moody?!?" film.
Michael Sarnoski follows 'Pig' and 'A Quiet Place: Day One' with subversive take on the familiar folk legend
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I love movies. I love movie theaters. But there is nothing quite like going to an art museum. I feel incredibly alive and emotional in those spaces. It's even better when you walk around with someone else and share the experience, talking back and forth about which works speak to you and move you.
An offbeat 11-year-old Japanese girl pre-grieves her cancer-stricken father in filmmaker Chie Hayakawa's sensitive drama, refreshingly free of heaviness.
