Good to know. Even if the film doesn't really deliver on psychological or thematic depth, I think I'd watch this for the spectacular staging alone.

I haven't seen it yet myself, but I've read reviews that say Birnam Wood does come, only it's set on fire.

Seems like the reasonable response. Though I suppose (and I realize this is a huge assumption) that those not doing a rigorous sampling project or have a W/O policy often only bail if the film is (to them) unspeakably bad (i.e. 'con'), whereas your policy is more "not for me" / "didn't grab me," which could still be…

Ok, so I should have probably equivocated more.

As Mike D'Angelo states in this Letterboxd capsule (http://letterboxd.com/gemko…, the one-take in Birdman only annoyed him during the significant leaps forward in time. He actually says that the one-take "generally has a clear purpose". When he says "pointlessly" here, I'm fairly sure he's referring to the time jumps…

Wow. Didn't even realize that it took Everyone Else that long to get a U.S. release. Hope I don't have to wait that long for Ade's next feature, because if this film is anything to go by, she's going to have one heck of a career ahead of her.

Can't believe I forgot to get the Criterion during the sale. It was on my 'to get' list when it came out because of Mike's Performance Review of 1995 (with Julianne Moore) at The Dissolve