Richard Curtis is in Love with love, so what's new?
By Robert Wilonsky,
November 06, 2003
With its soundtrack stockpiled with songs of romance and Christmas and a screenplay by the man who wrote Bridget Jones's Diary, Four Weddings and... More>>
Revolutions runs a playful joyride through a nifty vision of hell
By Gregory Weinkauf,
November 06, 2003
A not terribly long time ago in an uninhabitable galaxy called Burbank, a generally astute movie studio founded by four Polish siblings alienated... More>>
'Tis the season and all that jive; beneath the tree this first week of November you will find two films set during the final week of December,... More>>
The spooky beauty of Elephant, Gus Van Sant's strange take on the Columbine massacre, arises not from the shock of sudden violence but from the... More>>
One man's deceptions help highlight our own flaws in The Human Stain
By Bill Gallo,
October 30, 2003
The riddles of identity that drive and disturb Philip Roth's impressive body of fiction usually focus on contemporary Jewish characters whose... More>>
Jane Campion guides Meg Ryan through a stunning career transformation In the Cut
By Gregory Weinkauf,
October 30, 2003
Remember that silly little-girl version of Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally, snuffling "I'm difficult!" through a charming tantrum? Well, make it... More>>
Pieces of April's story of a family falling apart to come together is no turkey
By Robert Wilonsky,
October 30, 2003
Pieces of April, made by playwright-turned-novelist-turned-screenwriter-turned-director Peter Hedges, could be confused for a compendium reel of... More>>
Even cast as an aging Elvis, Bruce Campbell must do battle with the evil, undead
By Luke Y. Thompson,
October 30, 2003
In the beginning, there was The Evil Dead, and Stephen King looked down upon it and saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let there be Evil Dead... More>>
Brutality and romance make odd bedfellows in Beyond Borders
By Luke Y. Thompson,
October 23, 2003
Given the way the United Nations has been taking a beating in the American media over the past year or so, it may not be a bad thing that the new... More>>
Christine Jeffs and Gwyneth Paltrow imbue Sylvia Plath with new life...uh, and death
By Gregory Weinkauf,
October 23, 2003
Sometimes something so wonderful appears on the big screen that I want to leap up like a shameless non-professional and hug it. Such is the case... More>>
That a new feel-good sports movie called Radio contrives to move us is just fine--that's what feel-good sports movies are supposed to do. That... More>>
Despite many strong stars, this Grisham adaptation amounts to squat
By Luke Y. Thompson,
October 16, 2003
Watching Hollywood's endless stream of John Grisham adaptations--The Firm, The Chamber, A Time to Kill, etc. --it would be easy to assume that... More>>
A slick remake of a barely fictionalized biopic renders Irish reporter Guerin's story as Hollywood truth
By Gregory Weinkauf,
October 16, 2003
Veronica Guerin isn't at all a bad movie, and some kind things will be said about it here. But cynical appraisal also has its place, so we'll... More>>
Eastwood takes a guilt trip down the mighty Mystic River
By Robert Wilonsky,
October 16, 2003
Dave, a man who's barely there, lulls his son to sleep with stories of a boy lost in the woods who escapes from wolves; it's a thrilling bedtime... More>>
The Coens make a '40s comedy with a Cary named Clooney
By Robert Wilonsky,
October 09, 2003
It's beginning to look as though the films of George Clooney are less works of fiction than products of documentary crews following around the... More>>
The teacher, not the teaching, makes this School of Rock
By Robert Wilonsky,
October 02, 2003
Director Richard Linklater's The School of Rock imagines, sort of, what might have become of voluble rock snob Barry the morning after his grand... More>>
John Sayles drags six would-be mothers down to la Casa de los Babys
By Gregory Weinkauf,
October 02, 2003
You gotta love John Sayles. No, really--you gotta, or else a mob of indie-minded cineastes will club you into submission. Sometimes it's easy to... More>>
