Features
Friday, August 5 2011
The 100 Essential Directors Part 2: Robert Bresson to David Cronenberg
Our second day of "100 Essential Directors" could loosely be described as one that defines "influential." Each of the auteurs sandwiched in between Robert Bresson and David Cronenberg has left a lasting mark on cinema, each employing a signature style that is unmistakable.
Wednesday, January 12 2011
The Best Films of 2010
Among this year's winners include a fake documentary, a comedy about Jihad, a vampire story NOT dealing with tacky tween romance, a haunting hillbilly noir, and an elegant tale about clones. Not necessarily the usual cinematic suspects.
Tuesday, January 13 2009
Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008
Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.
Reviews
Tuesday, November 15 2011
Austin Film Festival 2011: The Writer's Festival
The Austin Film Festival has done a laudable job of carving an interesting niche.
Friday, March 5 2010
Alice in Wonderland
In Alice in Wonderland, Alice retreats routinely into fantasy worlds where she can think and decide for herself.
Thursday, July 16 2009
Batman 20th Anniversary Edition
This is the template for the modern summer blockbuster which makes it, for better or worse, the most-influential film of the last 25 years.
Wednesday, April 2 2008
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Burton indulges in meticulously designed, deliberately artificial sets, cinematography that makes the world monochromatic, protagonists with pale skin and sunken eyes – but it's that passion coursing beneath the surface that makes this film feel more alive than anything he's done in years.
Friday, December 21 2007
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd is delirious with blood and violence: bright red spurting from the barber's expert slashes, necks snapping and bodies crumpling.
Blogs
Monday, August 8 2011
100 Essential Directors - Tim Burton
100 Essential Directors celebrates directors of distinct vision, who have honed their respective crafts, who have brought something new and exciting to the medium, and who continue to push the boundaries of the form.
Thursday, November 11 2010
Watch the Skies!: Top 10 Alien Invasion Films
Ten examples of evil cosmic conquerors and their eventual mash-up with mankind.
Thursday, May 27 2010
Even Without 3D, Burton's 'Alice' is Amazing!
The new Blu-ray version of Alice in Wonderland is so dazzling, so digitally definitive, that you nary miss a moment when furniture or other flying objects are sailing directly into your line of sight.
Tuesday, March 9 2010
Go Ask 'Alice': The Meaning of $116 Million
Unlike recent titles, Alice has the watercooler legs to generate continuing buzz, journalistic conversation, and as a result, moolah, for the company's foreseeable future -- and with little competition in the next few weeks, it stands to bank a significant amount of green.
Friday, March 5 2010
Burton's 'Alice' Succeeds More than It Stumbles
Sometimes, a film borders on the brilliant. There are reasons its genius cannot be easily grasped or readily appreciated - and usually, those excuses lie…
News
Friday, January 4 2008
Alan Rickman can be a saint, but sometimes evil becomes him
Alan Rickman isn't a bad guy. He just often plays one. Bad guys like Gruber in "Die Hard," Marston in "Quigly Down Under" and the…
Tuesday, December 18 2007
Tim Burton knew he was cut out to direct `Sweeney Todd'
You'd think you could get a rise out of Tim Burton by pigeon-holing the guy, telling him that the blood-spattered Stephen Sondheim musical "Sweeney Todd:…
