Matthew Sorrento regularly contributes to the online magazine Film Threat and was recently (dis)honored by the LA Times as one of the “crankiest movie critics of 2007”. He is the film editor for Identity Theory, an online literary magazine, where he writes about movies, books, and theater. A professor of writing at Camden County College in Blackwood, New Jersey, Matt also lectures on film at Rutgers University in Camden. Email him at film@identitytheory.com.
Features
Thursday, November 13 2008
Unchartered Territory: The Making of an Icon in The James Stewart Western Collection
As he headed westward in his films, a new, darker Jimmy Stewart helped redefine a genre.
Monday, October 27 2008
Camping Out at the Graveyard
When we relax and revel in the campy ghouls, our nerves are left fresh for the film’s terrifying bite; the last and sharpest of which comes at the searing downbeat ending.
Reviews
Tuesday, February 10 2009
Midnight Picnic by Nick Antosca
Most authors won't kill a kid in their stories, and those who do will do it lightly, reaping all the pathos without having to deliver the scene.
Friday, December 19 2008
Timecrimes (Los Cronocrímenes)
Nacho Vigalondo's reinvention of Pandora's Box plays upon the nerves as much as the intellect.
Thursday, December 11 2008
Hero of the Underground by Jason Peter
Hero reveals all the glorious dreams promised to a talented young athlete. It's the story of an American neo-archetype: the ascent into stardom that turns into a descent into addiction.
Blogs
Monday, February 9 2009
Orange Flower Water: Luna Theater Company, Philadelphia
By Craig Wright; Directed by Gregory Scott Campbell; Starring Damon Bonetti, Chris Fluck, Amanda Grove, and Janice Rowland
Friday, January 16 2009
Classic Props Over Digiscreen in David Wood's James and the Giant Peach
This may play like Dahl on Cliffnotes to the adults, but the brief running time and exaggerated set pieces fall right into the little ones' hands.
