Future Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fiction

By Bill Gibron

The serious Science Fiction film genre is dead or at least on cinematic life support. As the new millennial marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath. [29 May 2007]

Rudo y Cursi

By Cynthia Fuchs

Only a few minutes into Rudo y Cursi, the brothers are discovered playing grand and gloriously boyish fútbol. [11 May 2009]

Stranded: I’ve Come From a Plane That Crashed in the Mountains

By Cynthia Fuchs

In Stranded, the endless whiteness of the plane crash survivors' new environment comes to reflect and affect their evolving "society." [21 October 2008]

Children of Men (2007)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Even with so much attention paid to her body and to her child, Kee's story is secondary to Theo's, as his loss of hope must be undone and his past redressed. [5 January 2007]

War by Candlelight by Daniel Alarcón

By Anne K. Yoder

The revolutionary heart, truly the essence of the Lima depicted within these pages, never grows old. [24 June 2005]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Director Alfonso Cuarón brings to the franchise a newly inventive sensibility, and, most important, an appreciation for smart cuts and brevity, especially the requisite Quidditch scene, mercifully short, dark, and stormy. [3 June 2004]

Short Ends and Leader: Pieces (1982)

The images used here are from a rough DVD version of Pieces found in a local bargain bin. If and when a copy of Grindhouse Releasing's version is available, an update review will be offered [14 October 2008]

Alfonso Cuaron: ‘The present, projected into the future’ [26 March 2007]

Cuaron talks about Children of Men, his powerful film with explicit references to the political present.