M. Leary

Favorite Films of 2012

This was an interesting year. Through some quirks of distribution, I was not able to see Petzold’s Barbara, which is the film I was looking forward to the most. I also didn’t get a chance to see Tabu or This is Not a Film. From what I gather, all three of these are challenging films that fit neatly in […]

M. Leary

Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall… and Spring (Kim Ki-Duk, 2003)

(Ed. Note: Originally published at Image Facts.)   Quite possibly the best filmed incarnation of Buddhist ideology,Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring, is a transcendent and visually poetic ode to one of Eastern mysticism’s core doctrines. An old monk and a young boy live together in a one room temple that floats in the middle of a […]