Off the Island
Clint Eastwood shot Letters From Iwo Jima and Flags of Our Fathers as companion pieces.
The latter film came out last October, telling the...
Teacher’s Pet
The tabloids would have you believe that movie stardom is exclusively for young hotties, but take a look at 72-year-old Judi Dench.
She spent...
Barberic Violence
People who think of musicals as light and fluffy entertainment have been surprised that Tim Burton is doing one, even though previous Burton movies...
Idiocracy
Throughout his career, Forest Whitaker has always been the nice guy.
Despite his large frame, he’s never cut much of a threatening figure on...
Yes, Maugham
Mark this as one of those coincidences that occasionally pop up within the format of this page.
Both The Painted Veil and The Last...
Family Coup
Four years ago Zhang Yimou made the most expensive film in Chinese history, Hero, with an estimated budget of $30 million.
His latest epic, Curse...
Happily Never After
Chalk up yet another great year for Mexican filmmakers. The closely knit trio of Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, and Alejandro González Iñárritu all...
Scent to Death
Since its publication in 1985, Patrick Süskind’s German novel Das Parfum has been hailed as an instant classic.
It was also declared “unfilmable” by...
No Kids Under 18
Two years ago, Alfonso Cuarón directed a luminous adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and revitalized a movie series that might...
Top Films of 2006
While it was going on, 2006 didn’t seem to me like that great a year for movies.
Only now, as I look back, do...
