8 years ago
All posts by Colin Biggs
“Soaked in Bleach”
Was Kurt Cobain murdered? Twenty-one years since Cobain's death and there are passionate followers who protest that the Nirvana front man did not die by his own hand. Kurt Cobain's death was officially ruled suicide by the state police, but that hasn't been en...
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“Police Story: Lockdown”
Those expecting Jackie Chan to be a virtuoso of swinging limbs should be warned that Ding Sheng's new film Police Story: Lockdown isn't like other martial arts pictures that made Chan a household name. He's over 60 now, and the high-flying acrobatics that have...
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All Ear(s): Stealer’s Wheel and That Infamous ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Scene
Quentin Tarantino's knack for always knowing exactly what song to use at any given moment has paid off handsomely throughout his career. For instance, in this scene, Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) turns on the radio, and glides across the slick cement floor, danc...
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So Your Festival Darling Was Bought By Harvey Weinstein
Congrats, lucky filmmaker! Your film was purchased for a record high at a prestigious film festival, and the receipt bears the signature of none other than Harvey Weinstein. Last year at the Berlin Film Festival, Weinstein purchased the U.S. rights to The Imit...
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The Road Less Traveled: Five Who Went Back to Nature
If you're a big believer of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, then abandoning all your possessions and heading back to nature is the only way to cure society of its ills. Modern life takes a leap forward with each passing decade, and sometimes, with each new technologica...
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Video Essay: See What I See
With just four films to his name, Bennett Miller has already become one of the most respected directors working today. Yet suprisingly all of his films have been based, in part, on true stories. Miller tackles these stories because while they seem fixated on o...
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5 Con Artists Who Dropped the Ball
Focus hits theatres today, and before Movie Mezzanine readers check out that film, let's take a look back at the rich heritage of con flicks in Hollywood history. Ranging from classics like The Sting to American Hustle, there have been countless, effortlessly ...
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The Theory of the Tortured Genius
There was a time when geniuses were professionals who were not only good at their jobs, but pleasant to others as well. The entrenched stereotype of geniuses once labeled them as shy outsiders or tongue-tied geeks, not arrogant narcissists. Somewhere down the ...
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The 7 Faces of Christian Bale
Christian Bale is one of those rare chameleons, an actor who can blend into each character and every genre he steps foot into. Bale doesn't reveal much of his private life on promotional circuits and he likes it that way. Such choices ensure that audiences don...
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Video Essay: The Doubles and Doppelgangers in the World of Michael Mann
Matt Zoller Seitz is one of the most esteemed film writers around and this video essay is proof why. Manhunter was ahead of its time in 1985 and Seitz analyzes the commonality that figures like Will Graham (William Peterson) and the Tooth Fairy (Tom Noonan) sh...
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