& Categories Columns Features Movies P.S.H. I Love You November 30, 2020 “Doubt” casts a shadow, but not the darkest one John Patrick Shanley's Catholic Church-set drama is mildly effective and well-acted but too tidy for its subject matter.
& Categories Columns Features Movies P.S.H. I Love You August 31, 2020 “Synecdoche, New York” is an excruciating, exciting trip to nowhere Charlie Kaufman's minimalist meditation on mortality is as hard to get through as it is oddly rewarding.
G Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies June 24, 2020 Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” has soured with time Gus Van Sant's squeaky clean biopic about the famed gay rights activist marks a myopic and pandering misstep in the director's filmography.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies June 23, 2020 The quiet realism of “Paranoid Park” showed Gus Van Sant at his indie best Both tactile and ethereal, Gus Van Sant's skateboarding drama saw him expand upon his neorealist work that spanned the 2000s.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 6, 2020 “Iron Man” built a hero – and a blueprint for a franchise Jon Favreau's acerbic superhero adventure set the template for the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- and rehabilitated Robert Downey Jr. into a movie star once again.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies February 24, 2020 “Rachel Getting Married” Is Harrowing, Messy, and Real With its lo-fi aesthetics and quietly chaotic presentation, Jonathan Demme's 2008 drama never goes for the easy conflicts at hand.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 26, 2019 “Revolutionary Road” and the Lost Art of Knowing What Isn’t Special Sam Mendes's tale of forlorn love works best as a study of the pitfalls that litter the American Dream.
S Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies October 30, 2019 Scorsese Captures the Rolling Stones’ Energy in “Shine a Light” Martin Scorsese shone a light on The Rolling Stones for this rollicking concert film, two cultural titans at the top of their game.
R Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies June 23, 2019 Remembering the Candy-Coated Spectacle of “Speed Racer” The Wachowskis' kaleidoscopic 2008 adaptation of the clasic '60s anime is as bright, bold and weird as the rest of their late-period output.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies May 28, 2019 The Simple Pleasures of “Ponyo” One of Hayao Miyazaki's lighter, sentimental films is a celebration of ordinary life & parental love as seen through the eyes of a child.
