R.I.P., Sidney Lumet
"Good style, to me, is unseen style." The film director Sidney Lumet was quoted as saying so in the New York Times obituary notice...
Exotic Pet Doc at Rave Theaters
When I was in seventh grade, my science teacher kept three fully grown Burmese pythons in the classroom. They were between 10 and 15...
Blogging “Black Swan” (Finale)
I issued a SPOILER WARNING earlier but now seems like a good time to repeat it: ALL THE PLOT DEVELOPMENTS ARE GIVEN AWAY IN...
“The Room” at Ridgmar Tavern
There are two kinds of great bad movies. The first kind is cheap crap turned out by a cynical director to make a quick...
Blogging “Black Swan” (Part 4)
All the sexy stuff is in here, so be advised. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3.
• In the aftermath of yet another humiliation at...
Blogging “Black Swan” (Part 3)
I didn't know how many installments there would be of this series when I started out, but now I've decided there will be five....
Blogging “Black Swan” (Part 2)
Part 1 is here. Picking up where we left off…
• So Nina is about to enter her apartment, and there’s a brief shot out...
Blogging “Black Swan” (Part 1)
I had a ton of thoughts about Black Swan that I couldn’t include in my review of the film. Now that it’s out on...
Gotta Love Liz
Now that Elizabeth Taylor has died, there will be many tributes celebrating all the usual classics – National Velvet, A Place in the Sun, Cat...
The Best Movies of 2000
I did a similar version of this post at the end of 2009, but forgot to do it at the end of 2010 and...
