Between hard rock and a safe place, Metallica finds itself
By Robert Wilonsky,
July 29, 2004
Perhaps the most unlikely thing to capture on film is the creative process--the spinning of gears, the tripping of wires, the breaking of hearts... More>>
Demme goes for the knowing giggle in his Candidate overhaul
By Robert Wilonsky,
July 29, 2004
Jonathan Demme's gutsy The Manchurian Candidate, which dares to rear its head just as the Democratic National Convention convenes in Boston, is... More>>
Everybody loves Colin in A Home at the End of the World
By Luke Y. Thompson,
July 29, 2004
You may have already heard the stories about A Home at the End of the World. In what many viewers have deemed a big loss, Colin Farrell's penis... More>>
A woman chugs drugs to save her family in Maria Full of Grace
By Jean Oppenheimer,
July 29, 2004
Winner of the Dramatic Audience Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, Maria Full of Grace is an uncomfortably realistic look at a 17-year-old... More>>
A film denouncing corporate ruthlessness could use some downsizing
By Melissa Levine,
July 22, 2004
Near the beginning of The Corporation, a damning documentary designed to expose everything that is irresponsible, immoral, inhumane and lethal... More>>
Mike Hodges follows up Croupier with a somnambulistic crime drama
By Gregory Weinkauf,
July 22, 2004
It would be nice to declare, "Fans of Mike Hodges, rejoice!" or some such thing at the arrival of the veteran director's latest film; alas, not... More>>
I, Robot owes little to Asimov and much to prior sci-fi cinema
By Luke Y. Thompson,
July 15, 2004
If you're wondering how Hollywood could possibly adapt Isaac Asimov's I, Robot, a collection of similarly themed short stories bound together by... More>>
"Is this one of those avant-garde things?" a dying Cole Porter (Kevin Kline) warily asks Gabe (Jonathan Pryce), a sort of Ghost of Musicals Past... More>>
Jeff Bridges is at his swaggering best in a film about a couple wrecked by loss
By Melissa Levine,
July 15, 2004
The opening moments of The Door in the Floor are not promising. A little girl stands on a chair in a hallway of photos, pointing at the images... More>>
The Dallas Video Festival shows all the news not fit for print
By Robert Wilonsky,
July 08, 2004
Not one of this city's countless film festivals is as much an extension of its founder, and programmer, as the Dallas Video Festival. To see but... More>>
Will Ferrell's Anchorman is dumb, and funny, as hell
By Robert Wilonsky,
July 08, 2004
Anchorman, co-written by its star Will Ferrell, plays like a series of outtakes strung together more or less in random sequence. There's a vague... More>>
Michael Moore goes Bushwhacking in Fahrenheit 9/11
By Gregory Weinkauf,
June 24, 2004
A strong toxin requires a strong antidote. In the case of the Bush administration, the cure is being served in significant part by Michael Moore,... More>>
Need a love story to cry over? Leaf through The Notebook.
By Luke Y. Thompson,
June 24, 2004
It's often a challenge to fairly assess a film that, by its very conception, is simply targeted to an entirely different demographic from one's... More>>
Do the right thing: Avoid White Chicks in bad masks
By Robert Wilonsky,
June 24, 2004
Perhaps some day in the distant future, film scholars and academics concerned with race relations will devote papers and lectures and even entire... More>>
Godzilla after 50 years reveals more than just a rubber suit
By Luke Y. Thompson,
June 17, 2004
It begins with the roar. That unmistakable sound, like an untuned violin being scraped against a rusty saw blade. Anyone with any exposure at all... More>>
Spielberg and Hanks spawn a daring new genre: the post-9-11 comedy
By Bill Gallo,
June 17, 2004
Getting stranded at snowbound O'Hare for the night is one thing. You call home, maybe knock down a couple of martinis, then grab a blanket. A... More>>
Inside Al-Jazeera, journalists tell a familiar story unfamiliarly
By Robert Wilonsky,
June 10, 2004
Jehane Noujaim co-directed 2001's remarkable Startup.com, about two Internet whiz kids who brokered just enough big deals to wind up with broken... More>>
