Thursday, March 26 2009
Ironweed
Besting Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Paul Newman, Jason Robards and Sam Shepard, Jack Nicholson gives one of his most complicated, consuming performances.
Tuesday, November 18 2008
Kiss of the Spider Woman
The novel was ideal for independent filmmaking; the resulting film, even more than 20 years later, is still superb.
Thursday, September 23 2004
Carandiru (2003)
Carandiru is about how stories are told, what they mean to different listeners, how they create identities and communities.
Thursday, June 3 2004
Carandiru (2003)
The camera deposits you inside the notoriously overcrowded and treacherous São Paulo prison, where two inmates argue over one's right to slit the other's throat.
