Call Me by Your Name: A Summer Place
The exquisite Call Me by Your Name was originally supposed to be directed by James Ivory, the gay American filmmaker who adapted the script...
Doris’ Day
Amid the increasing awareness of sexism and ageism in Hollywood, a small number of low-budget filmmakers have caught onto the fact that they can...
Phantom: Cold Sub
In the narrow field of movies set on Soviet submarines, Phantom comes a distant second to The Hunt for Red October and struggles to...
The Fools of Rock
This is what I remember most about Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny.
Before Tenacious D plays its first gig, at a quiet bar...
Young Adult: Gary Unmarried
Everyone connected with Young Adult seems to have something to prove. Director Jason Reitman, typecast as a purveyor of crowd-pleasing entertainment that’s mature and...
Suddenly Susan
I come to you this week as a Whit Stillman fan. There may not be that many of us, but our passion for his...
Side Effects: Magic Pill
Warning: This review gives away a major plot twist in the film. Do not read after the spoiler alert if you wish to be...
Zero Dark Thirty: Tortured Logic
OK, everyone. Here it is, the movie where Osama bin Laden bites the big one. And yeah, it’s also topping lots of film critics’...
Pizza and Coffee
North Texas may be only a way station for Noah Sargent. The 21-year-old University of North Texas student is from San Antonio, and after...
First Cow: Got Milk?
Some of the most fascinating filmmakers seem to have been born at the wrong time. Whit Stillman should have been writing Restoration comedies, Guy...
