The Phantasmagoric Phantom Carriage

By Marco Lanzagorta

The Phantom Carriage was truly revolutionary in the way it exploited the unique features of motion pictures, and clearly anticipated the sophisticated narrative and visual structure of modern films. [11 June 2008]

Monkey Business (Part 3: July)

By Bill Gibron

Finally, a month with only one remaining series contender. All wizard based Potter-y aside, this will be the most tenuous time for the business called show. After a strong start, the eccentric collection of entertainments here could make or break this potentially record shattering motion picture season. [3 May 2007]

The Hoax

By Matt Mazur

The film does not shy away from the innate unlikability of its leading man and it also explores, cannily, the damage one person’s dishonesty can inflict upon everyone around them. [15 November 2007]

1408

By Cynthia Fuchs

Abjuring the "spook-house bullshit" -- which he believes he knows inside and out, being a purveyor himself, Mike thinks he's seen it all. [22 June 2007]

The Hoax (2006)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Even as The Hoax works to wring emotional consequence from its many layers of lies, you're hard-pressed to believe it. [6 April 2007]

Casanova (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

This would be the cleaned-up, wearisome, supposedly romantic version of the notorious Casanova. [24 April 2006]

An Unfinished Life (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

For his part, Lasse Hallström likes the subtler strokes, as the scene when Redford sits in his truck and is unable to start it. [10 April 2006]

Casanova (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Gaudy and giddy, this Casanova is full of energy but also strangely limp. [6 January 2006]

An Unfinished Life (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

For all its attention to fading landscapes and independence, cowboys and loyalties, the movie is more quaintly melodramatic than adventurous. [13 September 2005]

Forced March by Miklós Radnóti, translated by George Gömöri and Clive Wilmer

By John Sears

One of the functions of poetry is to express the unthinkable mixture of the horrific, the tragic and the banal that constitutes such a biography. The remarkable power of Radnóti's poems is that they succeed, repeatedly, in doing so. [9 February 2004]

My Life As a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) (1985)

By David Sanjek

The best tales about growing up incorporate the anxieties of childhood. [28 May 2003]

The Shipping News (2001)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Quoyle is yet another of Kevin Spacey's damaged souls, but a nice one. [1 January 1995]

Five questions for ‘1408’ star John Cusack [22 June 2007]

Richard Gere scams in ‘The Hoax’ [6 April 2007]