The Subversive Creativity in Wes Anderson's 'Isle of Dogs'
Wes Anderson has created a powerful (though unassuming) sociopolitical statement about the causes and consequences of segregation.
23 Mar 2018
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The Impeccably Cute Delightfulness of Stuff: 'Moonrise Kingdom'
I propose a souvenir shoppe, also called "Moonrise Kingdom", a kind of "pottery barn" filled with purchasable goods reproduced from the movie's sets, props and costumes.
16 Oct 2012
Recount
Recount doesn't quite argue that the system remains infinitely gameable for those who know it, those in power who wish to remain in power.
22 May 2008
Dedication
It's Henry's movie, and for all his eccentricities and fixations and rages, he's a very conventional man.
29 Aug 2007
No Reservations (2007)
That No Reservations can't imagine an alternative life for Kate makes all the energetic food-loving seem a little sad -- more sublimation than revelation.
26 Jul 2007
Monkey Business (Part 3: July)
Finally, a month with only one remaining series contender. All wizard based Potter-y aside, this will be the most tenuous time for the business called show. After a strong start, the eccentric collection of entertainments here could make or break this potentially record shattering motion picture season.
02 May 2007
Lady in the Water (2006)
Story's whiter-than-white skin, bloody cuts, color-shifting hair, and need to keep wet make her a bizarre amalgamation of fantasies, alternately "male" and "childish."
20 Jul 2006
Capote (2005)
As Miller and Kimmel finish one another's sentences and demonstrate a charming sort of sync, the artists here suggest how Capote came to be such a tight, complex, and elegant film.
Cynthia Fuchs
Reviews
03 Apr 2006
Capote (2005)
Capote reveals the dangers of journalism in search of authenticity and based in intimacy. It also reveals the monster Capote sees in himself -- or more accurately, the monster the movie sees him seeing.
Cynthia Fuchs
Film
24 Oct 2005
HOPELESs Pictures
Spoofing celebrities is easy. Finding the humor in a pitch meeting may be a little more complicated.
Bill Gibron
Reviews
23 Aug 2005
A Mighty Wind (2003)
In its focus on these reunited '60s folkies, 'Wind' engages in that most virulent form of nostalgia: '60s-itis.
Josh Jones
Film
23 Apr 2003
Gosford Park (2001)
It is clear about what it is, a study of affect that is also affected.
Cynthia Fuchs
Reviews
26 Jun 2002
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