Tag Archives: Carl Wilson

Remembering Nathan Cohen

If I reference another critic in this blog, it's usually Roger Ebert. That's because he was the most well-known and influential film critic in my lifetime. I loved that he had an encyclopedic knowledge of film but you never felt in his writing that he was being academic about it or, worse, showing off. He… Read More

Love & Mercy review — Excellent vibrations

Directed by Bill Pohlad, written by Oren Moverman and Michael A. Lerner, based on the life of Brian Wilson.  Coming soon on my podcast, Lens Me Your Ears, with Stephen Cooke, is an episode on musical biopics. My arm needed a little twisting on this subject because biopics in general aren't my favourite genre—I always ask… Read More