At the movies: The Visitor (Stridulum).

Ah, The Vistor. Also known as Stridulum. Also known as That Movie where Everything That Could Possibly Happen in fact Does... It's a very special film, and thanks to Drafthouse Films, it's being unleashed upon a world that can show it the love it properly deserves. Don't let it pass you by. 

At the movies: Take Shelter.

Watching this film sort of triggered a minor nervous collapse in me this past weekend.

I'm not making any claims that the same could happen to you (this isn't un film de Bienvido), but I just want people to understand that parts of this movie leave deep scars. So keep that in mind. And certainly, check this film out.

At the movies: "Liz & Losey."

To close out its two-month, eight-film tribute to the legacy of Elizabeth Taylor, The Belcourt Theatre in Nashville is ending things with a double feature of Taylor's 1968 Joseph Losey collaborations Secret Ceremony and Boom!

Neither of these films have been released on DVD or any of the various streaming/on demand services, so this is probably your best chance to experience them in a semiluxurious (and mercifully air-conditioned)setting, so perhaps you should consider such a thing. Also, while both films snuck out on VHS during the downward spiral of that format, Boom! was released in a viciously cropped version that completely obliterated its full Panavision dimensions.

I talk about both films in the current issue of The Nashville Scene. You're soaking in it...

At the movies: Black Swan.

So, I've been going on about Black Swan for awhile now. It's kind of an obsession, which suits the film itself. This piece lets me, at length, get into what I love about the film and why it's been bouncing around inside my head for the past three weeks.

Catching Up at The Movies: Wild Grass (Les Herbes Folles).

A bonkers opener for the 2009 New York Film Festival, and a truly unique offering from one of the greats. I apparently liked this more than most.

The Terrifying World of Nature.

Giant jellyfish. Kurosawa's Bright Future doesn't seem so far removed from reality, now does it?