Thursday, April 30 2009
Summer of Same: August 2009
With names like Tarantino, Lee, and Zombie, the final month of the season pulls out all the film geek stops. Still, the only guarantee is familiarity, not freshness.
Friday, October 31 2008
Child’s Play: Chucky’s 20th Birthday Edition
For a movie to be franchised to death, it has to be great to begin with, and Child's Play, retains all of its punch two decades later. Heidy-ho!
Monday, March 21 2005
Deadwood
Deadwood is possibly the most coruscating indictment of American capitalism ever aired in primetime.
Monday, November 29 2004
Ragtime (1981)
Profound as Coalhouse walker's story might be, Ragtime is about far more.
Monday, April 12 2004
Deadwood
Wily and self-possessed, Sol Star is an unusual combination of a Lower East Side peddler and Gary Cooper in High Noon.
Thursday, December 19 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
It's useful to remember that, offscreen, both good and bad tend to be tricksy.


































