Monday, February 2 2004
Manic (2001)
As Lyle first enters the ward, the film takes on a yellow cast, blurry and skittery under an Aphex Twin track.
Thursday, January 22 2004
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Evan is hooked on revising his past until he gets it right (not an unlikely metaphor for scriptwriting).
Thursday, September 4 2003
The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
One minute, it's a bumbling adolescent romance; the next, it's a family melodrama; and at still another, it's a schoolboy caper flick.
Thursday, May 29 2003
Manic (2001)
Lyle confronts a pack of variously troubled kids, joined together in relentless and surly angst.
