I decided several months ago that Martin Scorsese ‘s The Departed will be his best film since Goodfellas because of the urban grit, cops-and-mob-guys milieu. It should be, I mean, or has the best chance to be, given the home-turf factor. And now along comes this AICN early-bird review, which is a melancholy pan, the guy obviously heartsick about what he feels obliged to pass along. There’s only one thing to do (and it’s not hard), which is to slip into denial about it and stay that way until…
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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Posted on 11.27.23: “One thing that’s always bothered me about Virginia Wolff is that George and Martha’s young guests —...
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