Big Miracle is the kind of film you dread getting assigned to write about as a film critic, you go to by yourself because none of your friends will join you, you growl through the …
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Which do you trust more: a gushing rave from a person who went into a film enthusiastic to begin with, or grudging respect from a skeptical viewer who had to be won over?
Tangled started with two strikes against it in my book: I don’t like 3D, and I had some reservations that the central conflict could reinforce natural adolescent notions that parents really are evil rather …
Issue- partisan documentaries tend to spend more time bashing the other side than making their case. Ondi Timoner’s profile of skeptical environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg teeters on the the edge of becoming a polemical commercial before …
The one film book I have gotten the most use out of over the years has been a beat up paperback copy of the Andrew Sarris edited anthology, Interviews With Film Directors. Culled from a …
John Sayles brought his most recent film, Amigo, to AFI Fest in Los Angeles this week. I was able to interview the director about the film’s production history, historical context, and parallels to other military …
Fresh on the heels of winning the Cadillac People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech is set to be a gala presentation at AFI Fest. My write up …
