Friday, September 2 2011
Humor vs. Religion: An Unholy War, Part One
Even within the US, where democracy and political openness have fostered a rich tradition of rebellious humor, stains still linger from those periods when “God-is-on-our-side” attitudes swept the nation into a mass hysteria of obedience and fear.
Friday, June 9 2006
Cars (2006)
Thrilling in its shiny surface detail, the NASCAR scene stretches before you like an anthropomorphized vista: this is the immediate future of animation, and Pixar, recently and loudly sold to Disney, means to own it.
Friday, August 12 2005
The Aristocrats (2005)
The sheer number of performances wears thin by film's end.
Thursday, July 21 2005
Bill & Ted’s Most Excellent Collection (2005)
Bill and Ted have barely a brain between them and speak in brilliantly realized Surferese: they're that guy you know who still snickers at the double entendres in Van Halen album titles.
Wednesday, September 8 2004
Jersey Girl (2003)
Affleck and Smith talk lots about shooting details and feelings about their chosen fields, their mutual esteem and affection audible.
