They’re both lost. The world seems cruel in a dull way, and ambivalent to their desires. Desires that have yet to materialize, and that they do not have words for. They’re looking for something in the way that we’re all looking for something. The funny thing about romance is that it doesn’t really fix that problem, but it does make it seem like less of a burden from time to time.

Maria (Adrienne Shelly) has a fight with her father…

The existence of this movie is probably the greatest argument that Keanu Reeves has an intangible quality as an actor that very few contain. When he's removed from the equation, this movie, and its many rip-offs, feel somewhat disposable by comparison. Even good actors like Josh Hartnett have a difficult time working in action movies of this mode and giving it a gravity and a presence. It's long overdue we give Reeves his flowers as one of the great actors…

Earlier this year, I had the good fortune of seeing the 1985 horror anime film Vampire Hunter D at my local cinema, and it remains one of my favorite movie-going experiences this year. It was a screening which was primarily comprised of women who dressed up in their Gothic best to accompany the movie, and I was extremely out of place in my lime green blouse and big poofy pink winter jacket. If I had known what I was getting…

Fire Walk With Me is Laura's (Sheryl Lee) story, but there's one match cut between Laura & Leland (Ray Wise) that deepens the tragedy & presents it as not singular, but generational. At the close of the initial mystery in the Twin Peaks TV show Leland has a conversation with Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle McLachlan) where he talks about being a child & seeing Bob at their old Lake House. At first glance this could simply be Leland covering his tracks as Cooper…