Thursday, April 9 2009
Looking Back at ‘Back to the Future’
The most irreverent, knowing, daring and hippest time travel story of all time has, inevitably and fittingly, become a time capsule.
Friday, December 19 2008
The Tale of Despereaux
The movie starts with a cute sleight-of-handy gimmick, the sort that assumes a canny audience who’s a step ahead of regular narrative conventions.
Tuesday, October 14 2008
Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 2
Day Two - A demanding Decalogue overflowing with everything: from fascinating international fare, misbegotten masterworks, some out of the blue bafflers, and that seminal show about “nothing”.
Friday, September 12 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008
Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.
Wednesday, July 27 2005
Twenty Bucks (1993)
Reflecting its long gestation period, Twenty Bucks seems ageless, its photography and art direction creating an ambiguous timestamp.
Wednesday, July 20 2005
Admissions (2004)
This near obsessive concern for Emily's well-being also limits Evie's experience, even her desire for experience.
Thursday, February 17 2005
Taxi: The Complete Second Season
And so Louie is suddenly a sensitive guy. It's a typically funny and revealing moment in Taxi's second season.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Wit
In the end, 'Wit' may be remarkable not for what it is but merely for the fact of its existence -- a serious, quasi-intellectual drama filmed by two Oscar-winners miraculously commissioned by and shown on TV.
The Tick
The Tick is just as likely to defeat a foe by exhausting his or her patience as by a head-butt.
