Monday, March 23 2009
Part 1: The Thin Red Line to Star Wars Episode I (January - May 1999)
The first part of PopMatters' look back at the films of 1999 is bookended by the long awaited return of two cinematic auteurs of wildly different styles, Terrence Malick and George Lucas.
Thursday, March 13 2008
Death at a Funeral
An everyman nucleus surrounded by idiosyncratic grotesques, grounded in a simple plot of the everyman reconciling the irrationality surrounding him, tangential and irrelevant comedic asides.
Tuesday, October 9 2007
Part 2 - Outsider Influences
TV was at a standstill. On one side -- the status quo. On the other -- the innovators from outside the mainstream. Guess who ended up winning the 'classics’ argument?
Friday, August 17 2007
Death at a Funeral
Bodies show up everywhere they shouldn't, making public what usually remains repressed: death, defecation, desire.
Thursday, May 19 2005
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
For all its lavish effects, Sith's primary purpose is to showcase Anakin's dilemma.
Monday, November 8 2004
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Director Frank Oz asserts, 'There is no such a thing as Stepford. Stepford is in the mind.'"
Thursday, June 17 2004
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Joanna's paucity of spirit is odiously illustrated during the first five minutes of The Stepford Wives.
Monday, March 1 2004
Labyrinth (1986)
Sarah is the origin and end of the fiction, its cause and effect simultaneously.
Tuesday, December 9 2003
The Dark Crystal (1982)
It's ability to inspire terror is indicative of its creators' amazing craftsmanship.
Monday, September 22 2003
John Denver and the Muppets: Rocky Mountain Holiday
Hearing the late Henson perform as Kermit again, so warm and enthusiastic, yet so perilously close to flippering out, is a joy unto itself.
