Tuesday, May 11 2010
Different versions of ‘Robin Hood’ have reflected their makers’ political views
Friday, April 17 2009
State of Play
In this new universe where facts are mutable and ends are means, so-called ethical triumphs can only be short-term.
Thursday, March 26 2009
Part 4: All About My Mother to Sleepy Hollow (October - November 1999)
Outsiders and oddballs make up Part Four's formidable filmmakers, an idiosyncratic collection of dreamers and visionaries.
Friday, October 10 2008
Body of Lies
Body of Lies grants Ferris the usual moral rightness -- even as he's committing questionable acts, he means well.
Wednesday, September 10 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008
What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.
Monday, February 4 2008
3:10 to Yuma
As a genre piece, Mangold’s remake satisfies the requisite clichés (sweeping desert vistas, corseted women, ample gunplay), but not much else.
Wednesday, January 9 2008
Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Male
From the tender and eerie precision of Sam Riley's depiction of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Control to yet another superlative performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, PopMatters highlights the best male actors of 2007.
Friday, November 2 2007
American Gangster
As much as American Gangster loves Frank's intelligence and charisma, it must also condemn his criminality.
