Body Double
Only recently has the word “prestigious” come to mean “acclaimed” or “renowned.” The Prestige wastes no time explaining the word’s earlier meaning, whence comes...
If I Were a Queen
Sofia Coppola’s third film, Marie Antoinette comes trailing bad buzz from Cannes this past summer, where a largely French crowd greeted it with boos...
Politically Incorrect
There are many things wrong with Man of the Year, but the basic premise isn’t one of them.
The film stars Robin Williams as...
Tru and Two
Infamous tells the story of author Truman Capote and his career-defining decision to write In Cold Blood, his novel about a mass murder in...
Nodding Off
Often you hear about how comedy stars who act in movies need to be kept in line by directors. Well, Michel Gondry is a...
Rat Traps
A lot of big names are connected with The Departed, so let’s start with two of the not-so-bigs: Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. They’re...
Dr. P. and the Women
This Jon Heder thing needs to stop before it gets out of hand. I mean, OK, we all loved Napoleon Dynamite, or at least...
Kutcher Coo
Have we underestimated Ashton Kutcher? You can hardly blame us if we have. There are so many good reasons to hate him. His starring...
Stark Failure
Between the dimming of the lights and the opening credits, something happened when I saw the new film version of All the King’s Men....
Air France
Before the United States entered World War I in 1917, there were already a small number of American men who had gone to France...
