Monday, July 23 2007
Goya’s Ghosts (Los Fantasmas de Goya) (2006)
If Miloš Forman's movie doesn't take up his distinctive visual style, it does embrace his broad satire, ferociously targeting religious, state, and financial leaders.
Wednesday, April 12 2006
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
While the movie's poetry is often stunning, the DVD docs are decidedly and disappointingly banal.
Friday, December 9 2005
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
It's Alma's silence that makes Brokeback Mountain feel so serious. Her pain is neither exquisite nor elegiac. It is only hard.
Wednesday, November 23 2005
The Ice Harvest (2005)
If Charlie appears seem energetic, if not exactly inspired, it's only because he's in constant, circular motion.
Monday, October 6 2003
The Brotherhood of Poland, NH
Small towns of America have enough on their plate. Do they really need David Kelley piling on?
Thursday, August 22 2002
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a whole lot of nada.
Thursday, December 13 2001
Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
What is perhaps most successful about 'Not Another Teen Movie' is its commentary on the obsessive and incessant whiteness of the genre.
