In Bruges is a challenging work of art. it teeters between the European nihilistic epoch whereby the European man has lost his conviction and his faith, he has lost his religion to time and museums, and actually fundamentals. Principles. Ethics.   The entire scene is built around this cacophony of charming quaint tourist trap Bruges and the discipline and ethics of the enterprise in....

Louie above all else is a man trying to get his shit together. He'd probably now adore being reclusive not for the sake of himself, but more nobly out of the sake for his daughters. And it is this juxtaposition between quote -post 70s New York rot and ostentatious sexuality and grotesque sense of status made dominant by the culture that Louie examines.   The culture is what mr. Ck must....

Supposedly the French are stubborn. That is what is the prime mover in this entire narrative, which does not beautify New York as much as Woody Allen would had he been behind the lens. And interestingly, this is a very Woody Allen picture. Or late Woody Allen picture, where he explores the emotions of evanescent souls going to and from nowhere, except in the pulsation of their passions and the....