Monday, April 27 2009
Summer of Same: May 2009
May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas.
Thursday, March 26 2009
Part 4: All About My Mother to Sleepy Hollow (October - November 1999)
Outsiders and oddballs make up Part Four's formidable filmmakers, an idiosyncratic collection of dreamers and visionaries.
Monday, June 19 2006
Syriana (2005)
If you come away with nothing else from Syriana, it's that this concept -- winning -- is an illusion, at least in any sort of long run.
Friday, December 23 2005
The New World (2005)
The New World is ambitious and gorgeous, the landscape serving as a kind of objective correlative for characters' cravings and astonishments.
Wednesday, November 23 2005
Syriana (2005)
This Middle Eastern spy thriller is complex and earnest, a film that repays close attention.
Wednesday, August 10 2005
Alexander: Director’s Cut (2004)
Oliver Stone calls his Alexander 'a new genre, a masculine-feminine action figure,' more like Monty Clift and James Dean than Russell Crowe.


































