Features
Thursday, January 19 2012
TV 2011: Survivalist Crime Solvers
Recent US crime shows claim not only that the law does not provide justice to ordinary Americans, but also that it cannot do so.
Tuesday, June 17 2003
An Admirable Account of Himself
Gregory Peck was enthralled with the process of becoming someone else, and worked at perfecting it until the very end of his motion picture career.
Reviews
Sunday, April 15 2012
'NYC 22': In Harlem, a Bit of Edgy Topicality
NYC 22 offers good acting from the ensemble cast, generous location shooting, and a quirkily realized context, and also some familiar cop show plotting.
Thursday, March 15 2012
'Missing' Pits Ashley Judd Against Europe
Becca returns to her life of violence for this one last mission. It's one cliché of many here, including as well a cloying sanctification of a very American Motherhood.
Thursday, March 1 2012
'Awake' Rejects the Psychobabble of Closure
What makes Awake look like the thinking person's must-see TV is its subtle execution of a plethora of open-ended narratives.
Tuesday, January 31 2012
'After Fall, Winter' Is Less Cyclical Than Repetitive
After Fall, Winter confuses homages to other films with borrowing their ideas to prop up the wandering fantasy of Michael and Sophie's love affair.
Wednesday, December 7 2011
'State of Play': Politics Now
State of Play nails how any big story leads to the collapse of ideals, not so much of truth, but of the illusion that the small compromises of human greed and aspiration are ever harmless.
