Thursday, February 5 2009
Lakeview Terrace
The movie doesn't stay fixed on its well-drawn sociological cul-de-sac; the score becomes ominous.
Friday, September 19 2008
Lakeview Terrace
Lisa (Kerry Washington) is Lakeview Terrace's most dislocated figure, caught between an overbearing father and a frenzied husband.
Friday, September 1 2006
The Wicker Man (2006)
"Every time I turn my head," sputters Edward, "there's something that doesn't make any sense." Exactly.
Thursday, May 8 2003
The Shape of Things (2003)
This version of Neil LaBute's ongoing project is crisp and aggressive, occasionally alienating or annoying, that is, effectively unlike other movies.
Thursday, August 15 2002
Possession (2002)
While the plot of Possession concerns yearning and fervor, its tone is provocatively detached.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Nurse Betty (2000)
It's revealing that Wesley (Chris Rock) remains locked in an ignoble self-image born of gangster and 'hood movies: eager to emulate and please his mentor, he explains his flamboyant violence by saying, 'I'm just trying to make a statement.'"
Nurse Betty (2000)
Perhaps LaBute's willingness to let the audience close enough to his characters, both psychologically and physically, to appreciate such minor-key modulations, is the movie's biggest surprise.
