I used to talk about “required reading” and “required viewing.” I had the illusion that intelligent people should […]
Movie Reviews
The Cohen Brothers are wildly uneven filmmakers, at least to my taste. At their best, they transcend genre […]
At any given time, there are cognoscenti who will tell you their media of choice is going to […]
Cameron Crowe’s work as a filmmaker has been a largely autobiographical working-out of themes central to his life: […]
I love the smell of a movie theater. I say this as someone who doesn’t eat the popcorn […]
Little Miss Sunshine ostensibly belongs to the film sub-genre “squirm-inducing comedy.” The laughs in such movies are usually […]
A love story is ultimately about mechanics – once the feeling is established the rest of the story […]
“You are The One…I believe in You…” That line is repeated ad nauseum in the Matrix movies. You […]
“15 Angry Men” Modern audiences have a conceptual problem with the Holocaust: it is such an accepted part […]
“Shame on You, Mr. Moore” According to the strict definition, documentary means “of, relating to, or employing documentation […]
