Thinking Out Loud

Tag: Adam Driver

  • The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is Terry Gilliam’s 8½

    The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is Terry Gilliam’s 8½

    If I hadn’t seen The Man Who Killed Don Quixote with my own eyes, I’d have trouble believing it exists. So Terry Gilliam has finally made his Quixote; but it might be more accurate to say that he finally made his 8½. In a way, Gilliam has been making this movie over and over for […]

  • Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die is an unaffectionate homage

    Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die is an unaffectionate homage

    I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that Jim Jarmusch would make a zombie movie, since he’s already cycled through idiosyncratic interpretations of westerns (Dead Man), vampires (Only Lovers Left Alive), samurai (Ghost Dog), and thrillers (The Limits of Control). But unlike these, The Dead Don’t Die reads as an unaffectionate (or to coin a word, […]