Wednesday, November 24 2004
The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
The Hammer remains confused and conflicted, almost apologetic for who he is.
Wednesday, September 15 2004
Baadasssss! (2003)
Mario Van Peebles came up understanding the power of images as a means to incite and reveal revolution.
Monday, June 7 2004
Ali: The Director’s Cut (2001)
The bravest thing Ali does is to gesture toward, wonder at, and celebrate Muhammad Ali, and then let go of him.
Friday, May 28 2004
Baadasssss! (2004)
At once the biography of Melvin Van Peebles as a young, angry, brilliant filmmaker (played by Mario, who looks achingly like his dad in a couple of shots, with cigar, sculpted face, and black hat), and his own biography.
Tuesday, June 3 2003
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout
On the morning of 28 February 1997, the LAPD had no idea what they were in for.
Monday, December 24 2001
Ali (2001)
Ali embodies a kind of car-wreck charisma -- arrogant and self-conscious, beautiful and fierce, even on twenty-year-old tape, he can take your breath away. This ability to mesmerize makes Ali who he is, or more accurately, who everyone wants him to be. He's a cipher and a screen onto which viewers might project themselves.
