S Categories Reviews TV November 16, 2020 Season 2 of “His Dark Materials” puts lore over character HBO Max's adaptation of the Philip Pullman novels seems disinterested in examining its characters upon its return.
“ Categories Anniversaries Features Movies November 2, 2020 “We’re going this way”: “To Live and Die in L.A.” at 35 Pegged upon release as a retread of previous work, William Friedkin's neo-noir is something altogether different.
& Categories Movies Reviews August 6, 2020 “Out Stealing Horses” is too self-conscious to be self-reflective Hans Petter Moland's adaptation of Per Petterson's novel is a sensual look at growing up, but it's more inert than introspective.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies July 15, 2020 “A Time to Kill” is a misguided page-turner of a movie Joel Schumacher's second John Grisham adaptation is a myopic look at race and the criminal justice system in the American South.
& Categories Columns Movies P.S.H. I Love You July 6, 2020 “The Talented Mr. Ripley” benefits from Hoffman’s skill It's good, but Anthony Minghella's 1999 adaptation really comes alive when Philip Seymour Hoffman's scumbag enters the picture.
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 Movies Reviews June 18, 2020 “365 Days” is much more risible than risque Barbara Białowąs & Tomasz Mandes' erotic drama has a truly gross premise and oodles of bad acting to leave you hot and bothered—or just bothered.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies June 14, 2020 The “Psycho” remake is an ironically bloodless exercise in technique Gus Van Sant's remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic is a cut-and-paste exercise that plays like little more than a rehash of the original.
& Categories Movies Reviews June 12, 2020 “Artemis Fowl” is slapdash, snoozy, and stuck in the early 2000s The adaptation of the first in Eoin Colfer's series is alarmingly messy for a project that's been in the works for almost two decades.
2 Categories Features Movies June 9, 2020 25 years ago, Laura Linney shot lasers at evil gorillas in the apeshit “Congo” Far from good but definitely not boring, Frank Marshall's adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel is a sick day viewing that deserves its due.
