It’s a very long way to go for a punch line, but Claude Chabrol fearlessly meanders along for the two hours it takes him to get there with A WOMAN CUT IN TWO, based loosely and badly on the infamous early 20th century Thaw-White murder scandal at whose center was Evelyn Nesbitt, the so-called Girl… Read More »
THE ZOOKEEPER
THE ZOOKEEPER is an unjustly overlooked film about bitter regret and unexpected redemption told in the starkest possible terms. Released in 2001, it features a towering performance by Sam Neill in the title role as Ludovic, former Communist party true believer now tending to the municipal zoo in an unnamed war-torn eastern European country suffering… Read More »
THE ZOOKEEPER
THE ZOOKEEPER is an unjustly overlooked film about bitter regret and unexpected redemption told in the starkest possible terms. Released in 2001, it features a towering performance by Sam Neill in the title role as Ludovic, former Communist party true believer now tending to the municipal zoo in an unnamed war-torn eastern European country suffering… Read More »
THE ANGELS’ SHARE
Filmmaker Ken Loach is not someone from whom a comedy is expected. Known for his uncompromising stories of social injustice told with trademark searing intensity, humor would seem to be a format with which he is, if not unfamiliar, at least uncomfortable. This is what makes THE ANGELS SHARE all the more remarkable. The usual… Read More »
IN SEARCH OF KUNDUN
IN SEARCH OF KUNDUN is a behind the scenes look at the making of Martin Scorseses film about the early life of the Dalai Lama, KUNDUN. In it we learn of Scorseses early fascination with Tibet, which sprang from a cheesy Hollywood flick called STORM OVER TIBET It wasnt the story or the overwrought back lot… Read More »
COLOUR ME KUBRICK – A TRUE. . .ISH STORY
Click here to listen to the interview with John Malkovich about THE DANCER UPSTAIRS.If all the world’s a stage, few took to strutting their hour upon it with the same moxie as Alan Conway. He’s the subject of Brian Cook’s semi-documentary, all comedy, look at the man who impersonated Stanley Kubrick, badly, for an adoring… Read More »
DELIRIOUS
DELIRIOUS is like a tidy little zen koan from Tom DiCillo. The story is about paparazzi and the celebs that they stalk, but both the comedy and the tragedy in this gentle satire comes from the schizophrenic struggle between public image and reality in those lives. The lesson involves three stories that intertwine by chance… Read More »
AN UNREASONABLE MAN: RALPH NADER, HOW DO YOU DEFINE A LEGACY?
There is no doubt that Ralph Nader has been one of the most influential private citizens of the 20th century. Before he got riled up about it, car safety was optional as far as manufacturers were concerned, environmental degradation was the province of wild-eyed counterculture radicals, and food safety was an illusion. By being AN… Read More »
DARKWING DUCK — THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON
He is the terror that flaps in the night. Gamely wading through sibilant-heavy consonance, a bevy of femmes fatale, and a crime-fighting style that depends more on dumb luck than critical thinking skills, Darkwing Duck wages an iffy battle against crime in St. Canard. With his looming sidekick, Launchpad, a precocious daughter, and trademark swirling… Read More »