Features
Thursday, June 4 2009
Clint Eastwood: American Icon Collection
Again in the Eastwood oeuvre, a man who thinks he's in control, and especially around women, finds out he's not quite.
Friday, January 16 2009
The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008
Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved.
Columns
Friday, October 24 2008
Identities in Flux
Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York is performance art as civilization-annihilating Godzilla, whereas Eastwood's Changeling is a film that wins the stranger than fiction category, hands-down.
Reviews
Wednesday, November 9 2011
Clint Eastwood Shows 'J. Edgar' Haunted by History
As much as he wants to emulate Jimmy Cagney, Hoover appears during a couple of FBI team arrests to be too anxious to use his weapon. This translates -- awkwardly and obviously -- to his relationship with Tolson as well.
Thursday, March 17 2011
Something Awaits in the Hereafter, but What that Something Is Remains Unclear
Though two feature films are included in the Blu-ray release of Hereafter, only Clint Eastwood's career retrospective showcases his best work.
Friday, October 22 2010
'Hereafter': No Chance of Anything Normal
It's too bad that Hereafter can't believe in the moments when its story is conveyed in subdued glances and slight gestures.
Thursday, June 10 2010
'Invictus': Remember the Springboks
The 1995 Rugby World Cup victory by hometown team South Africa may not have had the lasting effects on race relations many had hoped for, but it's still a hopeful moment worth revisiting, as Clint Eastwood does with Invictus
Friday, December 11 2009
Invictus
Obvious and earnest, the film dramatizes the events leading to the 1995 Rugby World Cup tournament, during which Mandela gambled on sports as a means to unify his nation.
Blogs
Friday, October 22 2010
'Hereafter': Death Be Not Profound
A triptych of tales which argue for a stronger editorial hand and the inherent flaw in such a format -- all parts of your omnibus better work, or the failures threaten to pull down the successes.
Thursday, October 21 2010
Age as Appreciation: The Critics and 'Hereafter'
The 'Net is expert at rewriting pop culture history. It's like Communism without the misguided Marxist motive for reconfiguring the past.
Friday, December 11 2009
'Invictus' Is More Thrilling Off the Pitch Than On
If truth is stranger than fiction, what is the fictionalized version of reality? More normal? Less special? That's the quandary facing Clint Eastwood and his…
Thursday, October 30 2008
Narrative Choices Challenge 'Changeling's Effectiveness
The Clint Eastwood renaissance has been a joy to behold. While many thought his 1992 Oscar for Unforgiven would mark the culmination of an amazing,…
News
Wednesday, February 8 2012
Is Clint Eastwood really a partisan provocateur?
LOS ANGELES — Of all the directors who could have become a lightning rod for the right this election season, Clint Eastwood wouldn’t be high…
Tuesday, November 8 2011
Clint Eastwood, Leonard DiCaprio talk about making ‘J. Edgar’
LOS ANGELES — For nearly five decades, J. Edgar Hoover was the face of law enforcement in the U.S., but to most Americans, the longtime…
Monday, October 18 2010
'Gold standard' Clint Eastwood delivers again with 'Hereafter'
NEW YORK — "Hereafter," Clint Eastwood's 31st feature film as a director in 40 years, drew enthusiastic applause at Lincoln Center, where it closed the…
Thursday, September 16 2010
Toronto 2010: Can Clint Eastwood regain his awards luster?
TORONTO — Judging by the reaction to him at Toronto's Elgin Theatre on Sunday night, Clint Eastwood can still muster a lot of love. There…
Tuesday, December 30 2008
Hanging tough with the old master Clint Eastwood
As Gran Torino opens, Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski (played by Clint Eastwood) has just buried his wife - and with her, his remaining interest…
