A few weeks ago, I finally watched all of the Christopher Nolan Batman films. I’d resisted them for […]
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A couple of years ago, David Edelstein reviewed Lee Daniels’ film Precious. He wrote astutely about that film’s […]
Paul Thomas Anderson is one our most problematic Great Directors. He is not prolific, which weighs each of […]
My scariest moment in show business was stepping into the Irish Arts Center for the first time at […]
Hope Springs features some good acting – Meryl Streep makes us understand how it might feel to be […]
A few years ago, I wrote the following: “[Inglourious Basterds] is certainly Quentin Tarantino’s most assured film, the […]
J.J. Abrams has been announced as the next director for Star Wars, which seems fitting because he’s currently […]
Part 1: Looper is a movie built on a single punchline. Some have compared it to Christopher Nolan’s […]
Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom is a balls out melodrama that has the courage of its convictions – it’s […]
Spielberg’s Lincoln, or more accurately, Kushner and Day-Lewis’ Lincoln, is a great mixed-bag of a movie. I mean […]
