Features
Friday, September 2 2011
The PopMatters Fall Movie Preview - September 2011
September starts out with nearly 30 titles, including some Summer season leftovers (Shark Night 3D, Killer Elite), a few poorly timed temptations (Drive, 50/50) and at least two date hopping aesthetic question marks (The Debt, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy).
Reviews
Friday, September 16 2011
Rod Lurie's 'Straw Dogs' Remake, In Which Girls Suffer
Straw Dogs finds a way to blame not only David, and the sweaty men he wants to be and fears at the same time, but also, emphatically, the women who make the men this way.
Wednesday, October 27 2004
Straw Dogs (2004)
Perhaps David's decision is heroic, given the circumstances, but the accumulated images of his passivity remind the viewer that better choices.
Blogs
Thursday, September 15 2011
'Straw' vs. 'Straw'
Sam Peckinpah had politics - national and gender - on his mind when he made his movie. Rod Lurie just has a few pretty faces.
News
Wednesday, September 21 2011
Are rednecks in ‘Straw Dogs’ an insult to Mississippi?
My family is from all over the South — Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta, Chapel Hill — so I’m always quick to defend the region against nasty…
Thursday, September 15 2011
Rod Lurie remakes classic ‘Straw Dogs’ for a new generation
MIAMI — Rod Lurie, director of the politically charged dramas “Deterrence,” “The Contender” and “Nothing But the Truth,” has spent plenty of time in the…
