Thursday, April 29 2010
Arizona Dream: Warner Archive Collection
An interesting historical document, coming as it did before Johnny Depp's super-stardom and at the beginnings of "Indiewood".
Monday, May 19 2008
Starting Out in the Evening
A smart film that is ultimately undone by the director’s preening and self-conscious style.
Tuesday, November 27 2007
Starting Out in the Evening
It's an unusual, vaguely intellectual premise for a film, lacing emotional ambitions and betrayals through a literary framework.
Friday, July 13 2007
State of Mind
At long last, Lifetime has discovered what's been missing from TV: Theresa Randle.
Friday, April 14 2006
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
Mary Harron's smart new movie is less about Bettie Page than the many forces that made her 'notorious,' the moral hypocrisies and sexual repressions that shaped the '50s and persist today.
Thursday, April 14 2005
Short Cuts (1993)
Death, or that state 'beyond natural color', is Short Cuts' common denominator.
Monday, June 14 2004
The Weather Underground (2003)
Gaining resonance with today's 'war on terror,' The Weather Underground, recalls another unsettled social scene, during another unsettled period.
Thursday, May 13 2004
A Slipping-Down Life (2004)
You're left wondering just what Evie sees in Drum, except that abstract backwardsness that she's inscribed in herself.
