Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

By Bill Gibron

From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one. [9 September 2008]

Lakeview Terrace

By Jesse Hassenger

The movie doesn't stay fixed on its well-drawn sociological cul-de-sac; the score becomes ominous. [4 February 2009]

Lakeview Terrace

By Cynthia Fuchs

Lisa (Kerry Washington) is Lakeview Terrace's most dislocated figure, caught between an overbearing father and a frenzied husband. [19 September 2008]

The Wicker Man (2006)

By Cynthia Fuchs

"Every time I turn my head," sputters Edward, "there's something that doesn't make any sense." Exactly. [1 September 2006]

The Shape of Things (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

This version of Neil LaBute's ongoing project is crisp and aggressive, occasionally alienating or annoying, that is, effectively unlike other movies. [8 May 2003]

Possession (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

While the plot of Possession concerns yearning and fervor, its tone is provocatively detached. [15 August 2002]

Nurse Betty (2000)

By Cynthia Fuchs

It's revealing that Wesley (Chris Rock) remains locked in an ignoble self-image born of gangster and 'hood movies: eager to emulate and please his mentor, he explains his flamboyant violence by saying, 'I'm just trying to make a statement.'" [1 January 1995]

Nurse Betty (2000)

By Lesley Smith

Perhaps LaBute's willingness to let the audience close enough to his characters, both psychologically and physically, to appreciate such minor-key modulations, is the movie's biggest surprise.

Short Ends and Leader: View from this ‘Terrace’ is Atypical

‘Lakeview Terrace’ actress Kerry Washington flies under the radar [22 September 2008]

Neil LaBute: Making films without apology [18 September 2008]