All over the place today, comic fans are sitting around with funny smirks on their faces.  Finally one speaks up: “So what did you think?”

This unclassifable graphic novel explores notions of history, reality, Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, a town in England called Sunderland, and all the wondrous connections that fall everywhere in between.

The question here is if it is possible for a movie that makes one supremely uncomfortable to be an enjoyable movie.

Criterion finally lets us see both the early and the late films of the French New Wave great, Agnes Varda.

Paul Auster’s 2002 novel is whirlwind of storytelling, but may not be for every reader.

Matt Wagner has built an epic mythos around the characters in his series Grendel.  See where it all started. I’ve been a fan of Wagner for a little while now, having read the superb Trinity just recently.  I had tried to get into Grendel many years ago, and although I tried valiantly, I couldn’t understand [...]

Frank Miller’s newest work at DC is causing quite a bit of controversy, but what I see is the beginning of a great story. I bought this largely because I am a huge Frank Miller/Batman fan, and though I generally dislike Robin stories, I figured I’d give this one a try. It is fantastic. I [...]

The Wrestler, while it could be seen as a departure from Aronofsky’s distinct style, might just be his best film. Aronofsky’s gone back to his roots in a way with this film, though I don’t mean in terms of the jagged, jarring edits of his first two films or even the beautiful cinematography and art [...]

What looked like a promising horror flick by Batman Begins‘ screenwriter quickly turned into a piece of sh-crap. I was pretty excited about The Unborn.  Generally I don’t get my hopes up for these sorts of movies, but this one just happened to be directed by David S. Goyer, credited with the screenplay for Batman [...]