Features
Friday, January 8 2010
The Best 30 Films of 2009
In one of the rarest rating periods ever, several on the staff could successfully argue for any of the Top 30 choices as a potential number one. While not all classics, they remain the consistent cream of 2009's crop.
Friday, January 8 2010
The Best Independent / International Films of 2009
Looking for something far off the well-beaten mainstream path? Well, step on over to some savory world and outsider independent cinema. It's here where the risks, the experimentation, and the true art lives.
Columns
Thursday, January 28 2010
A Little Human Magic in Recent DVDs
Either by coincidence or because I just happened to watch these all on a cold day when I needed a little warmth, the magic of the human condition emerged as a trend in these new DVD releases.
Reviews
Monday, September 20 2010
'Lone Star': Never Play Yourself
Lone Star suggests that being human has nothing to do with conscience and empathy and everything to do with how well you deliver the performance your audience expects.
Friday, July 17 2009
(500) Days of Summer
(500) Days of Summer may not be a particularly happy love story, but it's a love story all the same.
Blogs
Sunday, December 27 2009
(500) Days of Summer (2009): Blu-ray
Love hurts. Love stinks. It's all you need and often the answer. So a love story should be complicated, not pat and perfunctory. A romance…
Monday, July 27 2009
RomCom-trast: 'Ugly Truth' vs. '(500) Days of Summer'
Does anyone really care about the romantic comedy anymore? Does anyone see the once burgeoning chick flick genre as anything but a placeholder for the…
News
Friday, July 24 2009
'(500) Days' director creates a romantic comedy with chemistry you can dance to
First-time filmmaker Marc Webb didn't like romantic comedies. And then he fell in love — with a script. Webb, a Wisconsin native with a background…
