Thursday, July 28 2011
Robot Dreams: ‘Transformers’ and ‘Sex Kittens Go to College’
Retro Remote nominates Sex Kittens Go to College as Transformers' true precursor. The problem with Tranformers-type franchises is that the criticisms can only annoy people by reminding them of what they have chosen to ignore.
Friday, May 20 2011
Killing Osama bin Laden and David Mamet’s Special Ops Drama, ‘The Unit’
Viewing the world through a haze of vaguely remembered TV shows, tough-guy dialogue and TV jingles, the news about Osama bin Laden’s death quickly turned thoughts to The Unit, the TV series created by once-great writer David Mamet.
Wednesday, July 7 2010
‘The American Stage’ Is Best Enjoyed As Theatre As Literature
A collection of 200-plus years of writing about the American theatre betrays a clear preference for the past over the present.
Friday, August 31 2007
House of Games
In the section of town where rotten tenements boast rusty, decrepit fire escapes that rattle in the dank breeze she seems out of place, but somehow not out of her element.
Thursday, March 11 2004
Spartan (2004)
David Mamet extends his famous preoccupation with masculine preoccupations into the murky workings of the U.S. government.
Thursday, November 8 2001
Heist (2001)
[David Mamet's] language, severe and spare, actually sounds quite human comin
