Email Author Phil Coldiron

2011 Stories by Phil Coldiron

• AFI Film Festival 2011: The Color Wheel and Green

  published November 3, 2011

  The cream not just of AFI's Young Americans section but of the entire festival, The Color Wheel finds Alex Ross Perry moving from... More >>

• Nina Menkes' Dissolution and Phantom Love

  published June 2, 2011

  In the 25 years since her first feature, Magdalena Viraga, Nina Menkes has remained one of the few American directors... More >>

• Sex, Soviets and Hitchcock: Your Weekly Movie To-do List

  published May 26, 2011

  Thurs., May 26 Robin Hessman's My Perestroika returns for a single showing at the Echo Park... More >>

• Four Movies Opening This Weekend, as Pirates of the Caribbean Scares Away Competition

  published May 20, 2011

  As Cannes winds down and the movie world waits with baited breath to find out just what exactly the ramifications of being declared "persona non grata" for calling yourself a Nazi really are, it's a ... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published May 19, 2011

  Thurs., May 19 The first of two must-see mini-retrospectives from the American Cinematheque this weekend is the Aero's... More >>

• 10 Movies Coming Out This Weekend, Including Bridesmaids, George Lucas' Star Wars Fan Enemies, Sexploitation and Terrence Malick

  published May 13, 2011

  Whether you're looking for beautiful photography or depraved horror, hyperbolic satire or rare experimentation, this week's theatrical releases and repertory series have a little bit for everyone. H... More >>

• Neds

  published May 12, 2011

  Like many of the glumly realist crowd-pleasers funded by the U.K. Film Council before it, Peter Mullan’s NEDS — that’s... More >>

• The Bleeding House

  published May 12, 2011

  The Bleeding House, arriving this week at the Sunset 5 under the aegis of Tribeca Films, concerns the Smiths, a Texas family harboring a deep... More >>

• Boonmee Bounces Back: Your Weekly To-Do List

  published May 12, 2011

  Friday Takashi Miike's bloody, brilliant samurai saga 13 Assassins makes its way back to the... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published May 5, 2011

  ThursdayThursday’s double bill of A Place in the Sun and Suddenly, Last Summer kicks off the... More >>

• Movies This Weekend: Prom, Lin, Turner, Werner, Rosenthal and Ruffalo

  published Apr 29, 2011

  A busy weekend around Los Angeles with the TCM Classic Film Festival, Asian Pacific Film Festival, UCLA Film and Television Archive's Patricio Guzman retrospective and a slew of new theatrical relea... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published April 28, 2011

  Thursday The Patricio Guzmán retrospective hosted by the UCLA Film & Television Archive kicks... More >>

• TCM Classic Film Festival: 12 Highlights

  published April 28, 2011

  BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956) Barbara Rush plays opposite James Mason in Nicholas Ray's most delirious... More >>

• Movies This Weekend: Meek's and a Classic Priest

  published Apr 22, 2011

  April doesn't always bring the strongest theatrical openings, but this week is a real embarrassment of riches. We cover them all for you below: J. Hoberman reviews Meek's Cutoff, the latest from i... More >>

• Movies This Weekend: Scream 4, Metempsychosis, Boring Parrot Sex and More

  published Apr 15, 2011

  LA Weekly introduces a new regular post that will give you the lowdown on films to see this weekend, with links to our film articles and reviews. This week: J. Hoberman reviews Le Quattro Volte (Th... More >>

• French Films, Film Noir, and Rubber Returns: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published April 14, 2011

  Thursday The 15th edition of French film showcase City of Lights, City of Angels, aka ColCoa, wraps... More >>

• Nicholas Ray, Pat Garrett and the Austin Kids: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published April 7, 2011

  Thursday At 7:30 the Aero screens Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Sam Peckinpah's finest film... More >>

• Rowlands, Forster and Sid: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published March 17, 2011

  Friday Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives moves from the Royal Theater to the... More >>

• The Power of the Powerless

  published March 10, 2011

  THE POWER OF THE POWERLESS condenses 43 years of Czechoslovakian history into 80 minutes, moving from the popular election of a... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published March 10, 2011

  Thursday Secret Sunshine, a prizewinner at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, directed by Korean... More >>

• Hidden Love

  published March 3, 2011

  HIDDEN LOVE In voice-over at the beginning of Hidden Love, Danielle (Isabelle Huppert) informs us of her two failed suicide... More >>

• Forget Me Not

  published March 3, 2011

  FORGET ME NOT The debut feature of co-directors Alexander Holt and Lance Roehrig following two shorts made together, Forget Me... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published February 17, 2011

  Thursday Cinefamily's "Vive L'Amour" series continues with Leos Carax's rarely screened debut,... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published February 10, 2011

  A cause for celebration: This week offers not one but two chances to see Thom Andersen's Get Out of the Car, the... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published February 3, 2011

  Thursday Cinefamily kicks off its "Vive L'Amour" series of French love films with a screening of Jacques Demy's... More >>