Features
Thursday, June 23 2011
Obsession As the Driver Behind the Road Movie
Since Jack Kerouac's On the Road, the notion of hitting the road to "anywhere but here" speaks to us not of grand rolling landscapes, but of an emergence into a truer, freer, state of being than our everyday routines allow.
Tuesday, May 29 2007
Future Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fiction
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.
Reviews
Friday, January 5 2007
Children of Men (2007)
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.
Thursday, June 3 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
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.
News
Monday, March 26 2007
Alfonso Cuaron: 'The present, projected into the future'
Cuaron talks about Children of Men, his powerful film with explicit references to the political present.
