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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...
Gripping
In The Believer, Ryan Gosling’s portrayal of a self-loathing Jewish neo-Nazi who plots to bomb his community’s synagogue, enchanted audiences at the 2001 Sundance...
Sacrificing Stars
The road to the remake of the 1973 pagan drama The Wicker Man was paved with good intentions, not to mention some formidable talent....
Kryptonite
I’m not sure why this film is called Hollywoodland. The name refers to what Hollywood was originally known as, but it really doesn’t have...
World Traveler
Most filmmakers I interview are quite happy to chatter about their own work. It is, after all, the purpose of our conversation. Not so...
Homing Instinct
I’ll start with a not terribly revealing confession: I managed to get through childhood without any meaningful contact with Lassie. I never read Eric...
The Magic Man
A big draw at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, The Illusionist didn’t do much for me except remind me of the awesomeness of Paul...
Summer Games
In one of those weird confluences of events, Hollywood’s four new releases this week are all about men testing and challenging themselves through play,...
MyDeath.com
Hollywood has been remaking Japanese horror flicks for some years now, and quite frankly I’m amazed that the movies haven’t been screwed up in...
