The Weather Underground
Sam Green and Bill Siegel’s The Weather Underground (2002) represents something unique in almost all American political documentaries, the convincing illusion of objectivity. Part of this may be accounted for by… Read more »
Dunkirk
The history of the cinema is replete with instances in which filmmakers have gone to extravagant lengths to establish a credible realism. The most extreme ventures of this sort often… Read more »
Tuff Turf
In Fritz Kiersch’s Tuff Turf (1985), James Spader’s character Morgan is relentlessly terrorized by gang leader Nick (Paul Mones), when Nick’s girlfriend Richie (Kim Richards) begins to fall for Spader…. Read more »
Internal Affairs
Mike Figgis’ Internal Affairs (1990) works within a sado-masochistic complex. Ray Avilla (Andy Garcia) is an Internal Affairs officer obsessed with putting away Dennis Peck (Richard Gere), a maniacal policeman…. Read more »
Faces
By 1968, John Cassavetes had completed his fourth film Faces after three years of production. It was then, and is now, one of the seminal works of American filmmaking. It… Read more »
The Last Days Of Disco
In 1998 Whit Stillman released his third film The Last Days Of Disco. Like his previous two films (Metropolitan and Barcelona), The Last Days Of Disco centers on a group… Read more »
Crawlspace
My friend Neal and I are both avid cinephiles. Last week we were directing our snobbery to a film I can’t even remember anymore, but I think Tom Cruise was… Read more »
Spectre
I’ll admit it, I enjoy the James Bond films. It’s a guilty pleasure, and I would not defend them if anyone said they are bad, I know that. But I… Read more »
Actress
“Woman’s awareness of herself is not defined exclusively by her sexuality: it reflects a situation that depends upon the economic organization of society, which in turn indicates what stage of… Read more »
No Such Thing
This evening I watched Hartley’s 2001 offering No Such Thing. Unlike Hartley’s most popular films, which deal with relationships and quirky characters, this film was much more overtly philosophical and… Read more »
