Monday, March 23 2009

Part 1: The Thin Red Line to Star Wars Episode I (January - May 1999)

By PopMatters Staff

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.

Monday, July 21 2008

The Red Violin: Meridian Collection

By Shaun Huston

The violin is symbolic of our investment of objects with meanings and desires beyond their immediate uses, and it continues to entrance and engage even after the film's final shot.

Tuesday, June 3 2008

Style Over Substance: Diva (1981)/ The Red Violin (1998)

By Bill Gibron

Friday, August 10 2007

Stardust

By Daynah Burnett

What Stardust wields in star power, it lacks in original, or even interesting, storytelling.

Monday, December 15 2003

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Allan Quartermain is complex, to be sure, resenting imperialism even as he embodies it.

Thursday, July 10 2003

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

'You're probably too young to remember,' Allan Quartermain (Sean Connery) tells the messenger, 'but the Empire is always in some kind of peril.'"

Monday, June 2 2003

Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1998)

By A.E. Souzis

Call it destiny or bad luck: things don't work out for Tess.

Sunday, January 1 1995

Rock Star (2001)

By Mike Ward

It's disappointing that 'Rock Star'... ends up with such a boring reassertion of straightness, not only with regard to sexual orientation, but also with regard to lifestyles and values more generally.