All that we are, then, is how we manage in the face of death.
HUD
March 13, 2006 by
Over forty years after it was first released, Martin Ritt’s not only hasn’t aged a bit, it has actually grown in stature.
FLOATING WEEDS
March 13, 2006 by
Once again, it is easy to become enveloped in this world as it plays out as it must, without tidy resolutions or soothing homilies.
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
March 10, 2006 by
As one essay I read stated, Bergman has moved from “Does God exist?” to “Does love exist?”
THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY
March 10, 2006 by
At the very least, Luis Bunuel’s The Phantom of Liberty is an inspired cinematic treat because it begins with Goya’s The Third of May,
THE PAWNBROKER
March 10, 2006 by
Before Rod Steiger became an unmerciful ham in such legendary howlers as The Amityville Horror and The Specialist, he was a talent of towering strength.
ONIBABA
March 9, 2006 by
Few among you are likely to watch a Japanese film that doesn’t feature either copious amounts of kung fu or a large, fire-breathing lizard, but…
SICK: THE LIFE & DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN SUPERMASOCHIST
March 9, 2006 by
On its face, this is a fun-filled documentary about nailing one’s cock to a board…
GOING IN STYLE (1979)
March 9, 2006 by
I am a different man indeed: reverential, empathetic, and fully devoted to the lives of three elderly gentlemen
