Philip Kaufman

Features

Part 4: Challenging Convention

By PopMatters Staff

As cinema went completely commercial, abandoning art for artifice, true aesthetic acumen was hard to come by. Luckily, for the movies included herein, it was their difference, as well as their diversity, that helped them stand out from the rest of the high concept hackwork. [21 June 2007]

Reviews

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

By Bill Gibron

Why is this 1978 remake so scary? It turns the urge to find oneself into a seemingly horrifying proposition: is individuality really all that special, and how far would you go to protect it? [24 September 2007]

The White Dawn (1974)

By David Sanjek

While the indigenous people mock their guests as the spawn of dogs, they nonetheless save them from death and offer them shelter. [5 October 2004]

Twisted: Special Collector’s Edition (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

'I'd been wanting to make a film noir in San Francisco for many years,' says Philip Kaufman, 'And the closest I'd come was Invasion of the Body Snatchers.'" [30 August 2004]

Twisted (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Jess identifies with her dead mother but also takes up her father's professional aggression, not so much to right wrongs as discover them. [26 February 2004]

Quills (2000)

By Tobias Peterson

If we believe all that Philip Kaufman's 'Quills' has to tell us about the man, Sade is much more than a randy aristocrat -- he is a champion of free speech and artistic integrity. [1 January 1995]