Friday, March 27 2009
Part 5: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November - December 1999)
On this final day of PopMatters' 1999 overview, awards season hype gives way to pure acting prowess and definitive directorial flair.
Wednesday, October 22 2008
Independent Lens: Chicago 10
Opening the Fall 2008 season of Independent Lens, Chicago 10 revises old ideas -- about what constitutes history and documentary.
Wednesday, October 15 2008
Chicago 10
Where is our Chicago Ten? Where are our “conspirators”? Is Obama really supposed to fix everything? Can we really pretend that things are still getting better all the time?
Friday, February 29 2008
Chicago 10
You can't make this stuff up: Bobby Seale, bound and gagged in a Chicago courtroom. But there it is, again, in big, brightly colored animation, in Brett Morgen's Chicago 10.
Thursday, January 10 2008
All Around the World: The Best International/Indie Films of 2007
Beginning and ending with the superlative filmmaking of Jia Zhang-ke, traversing the nooks and crannies of the globe, PopMatters presents the 20 best international and indie films of 2007.
Friday, May 18 2007
Fay Grim (2006)
Fay Grim is less concerned with the details of contemporary spy-craft and global deception than with broader moral questions.
Friday, July 29 2005
The Girl from Monday (2004)
In the film's America, the government has been replaced by an advertising firm.
Tuesday, August 24 2004
The Venture Brothers
The boys are so moronic that it's hard to care what happens to them.
Thursday, March 4 2004
Teknolust (2002)
Tilda Swinton is perfectly suited to Leeson's cyberfeminist project.
Friday, August 22 2003
American Splendor (2003)
Is there a finer actor on the planet than Hope Davis?"
