Thursday, April 17 2008
The Visitor
Tender and detailed, Thomas McCarthy's movie features beautiful performances, but is grounded in a fundamental difficulty, that Walter's education is achieved by his engagement with brown and black people.
Wednesday, May 2 2007
Year of the Dog (2007)
Even as the film makes Peggy's life appear simple, the complexities she feels become clear in her responses to events that appear, at least at first, quite beyond her control.
Friday, September 8 2006
The Great New Wonderful (2005)
This 9/11 film is subtle to a fault; this is a quality you may not expect in a film from Danny Leiner, master of the vehicular stoner comedy.
Thursday, August 17 2006
The Great New Wonderful (2005)
Lack of understanding will be a sort of theme for Danny Leiner's film, uneven but full of rewarding subtleties.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Boston Public
Boston Public is, in short, a view of high school that dovetails with conservatives' worst fears: here, teachers can't teach because the students are too horny and violent to learn.
