Terry Gilliam

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]

Future Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fiction

By Bill Gibron

The serious Science Fiction film genre is dead or at least on cinematic life support. As the new millennial marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath. [29 May 2007]

Reviews

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

'This is why I love DVDs,' says Terry Gilliam. 'I can completely destroy the illusion of my film.'" [9 January 2006]

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Will worries out loud, 'Nothing makes sense here, it's like being inside Jake's head.'" [26 August 2005]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

By Jesse Hassenger

The extras in this two-disc set are ample and appropriately Python-y. [21 October 2003]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975/2001)

By Susan Glen

The social/political commentaries . . . are still relevant and imaginative, and the inventive physical and verbal humor is still the stuff that bladder accidents are made of. [1 January 1995]