Columns
Tuesday, August 5 2008
Better You Be a Team Player
Sports, as emphasized in films such as Eight Men Out and The Untouchables, are a helpful way of organizing and enforcing our daily behaviors.
Reviews
Friday, March 28 2008
The Pride of the Yankees: Collector's Edition
In time for baseball season comes a trio of worthy releases: Bull Durham, Eight Men Out and The Pride of the Yankees
Friday, February 1 2008
Honeydripper
John Sayles' Honeydripper is less a conventional film than a bluesy collaboration -- slow-moving and contemplative, wily and laced through with cultural nuances.
Wednesday, February 2 2005
Silver City (2004)
Dickie Pilager embodies U.S. political-corporate mythology, the 'shining city on a hill' reduced to basic elements.
Friday, September 17 2004
Silver City (2004)
It's easy to make assumptions about a political candidate named Dickie Pilager.
Monday, May 3 2004
Casa de los Babys (2003)
The movie, which focuses on a group of U.S. women arrived in an unidentified Latin American country to adopt children, is as much about cultural imperialism and racism as it is about women and babies.
News
Thursday, May 5 2011
John Sayles goes on a novel tour to plug his new book
PHILADELPHIA — John Sayles, moviemaker and novelist, has embarked on a do-it-yourself book tour in a rented Prius, in support of his brand-new novel, "A…
Friday, February 22 2008
Indie icon John Sayles doesn't hesitate to go mainstream if it helps his pet causes
An acclaimed and prolific independent film director ("Matewan," "Lone Star"), novelist ("Los Gusanos," "Union Dues"), and script doctor ("Apollo 13"), John Sayles has his name…
Thursday, February 7 2008
‘Honeydripper' a blues project for John Sayles
John Sayles' latest film, "Honeydripper" - his 16th, if you're keeping track - is set in 1950 Alabama, in a little town emblematic of the…
