'Allied' and the Tired Fumes of Nostalgia
Despite an appealing cast, Robert Zemeckis' WWII romance relies too heavily on its influences and too little on engaging drama.
22 Mar 2017
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Double Take: 'Forrest Gump' (1994)
You have to do the best with what God gave you. How well did Robert Zemeckis do with Forrest Gump? Double Take pries open this chocolate box of questionable taste.
Steve Leftridge and Steve Pick
Film
17 Feb 2016
'The Walk' Is Part Caper and Part Thrilling Ballet
Joseph Gordon-Levitt finds a winning vulnerability and doubt behind the tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s preternatural confidence.
01 Oct 2015
NYFF 2015: 'The Walk' - Philippe Petit's Achievement Is Now Family Friendly
Before Man on Wire was released, Robert Zemeckis planned to turn the children's book The Man Who Walked Between the Towers into a feature film.
30 Sep 2015
Director Robert Zemeckis Walks 'The Walk' As a Quixotic Filmmaker
Like a number of his other movies, The Walk ends with surprising melancholy, one that belies Zemeckis’ reputation as a pop artist.
Steven Zeitchik
Film
28 Sep 2015
The 20 Most Anticipated Films of 2015
Over the next 12 months, we will be bombarded with all manner of proposed cinematic spectacle. Here are the 20 films we are most looking forward to.
20 Jan 2015
'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' Is Meta, Funny and Exhilarating
Director Robert Zemeckis explains that Who Framed Roger Rabbit is really "three elaborate films in one": a period live-action movie, an animated movie, and a special-effects extravaganza required to blend the two.
28 Apr 2013
Color Television: What Diversity Looks Like in America Today
The buzz word from the 2012 presidential election is "diversity". It's a good story. The look of the Obama crowd had both the structure and randomness of a Jackson Pollock painting. It was the ol' melting pot writ large.
19 Nov 2012
The Pragmatic Anarchy of the Long Take
The Long Take can at once be subtle enough to be missed by the audience and astounding enough to entrance that same audience... depending on who is paying attention.
08 Nov 2012
And Action…: The Grant Morrison Exclusive, Act 2
In a time when the novelty of DC's company-wide reboot seems to push writers in the direction of a ground-up redesign of their characters, Grant Morrison does the unexpected with the original superhero. PopMatters presents Grant Morrison, and his thoughts on Action.
06 Dec 2011
Looking Back at 'Back to the Future'
The most irreverent, knowing, daring and hippest time travel story of all time has, inevitably and fittingly, become a time capsule.
08 Apr 2009
Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 2
Day Two - A demanding Decalogue overflowing with everything: from fascinating international fare, misbegotten masterworks, some out of the blue bafflers, and that seminal show about “nothing”.
13 Oct 2008
Beowulf (2007)
Crawling with mermaids and monsters, irony, and gore, Beowulf delivers the goods, without betraying its core narrative.
Jarrett Berman
Reviews
02 Mar 2008
Romancing the Stone/The Jewel of the Nile (1984)
Everything in Jewel of the Nile is predictable, right down to the romantic final scenes at sunset.
26 Sep 2006
The Polar Express (2004)
It's part Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, and part Terry Gilliam's Brazil, that is, just this side of sinister.
Cynthia Fuchs
Film
10 Nov 2004
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