I never gave much thought to the subject of health insurance until, in October of 2005, an odd swelling in…
The world’s pre-eminent film festival celebrated its 60th birthday party, the opening banquet catered by the world’s hippest—or is that…
The 60th Cannes Film Festival was a generous one—and so was its jury, bestowing the Palme d’Or on the least…
“We’re both fighting that push to go to L.A.,” says John Jeffcoat of himself and his writing partner, George Wing….
Angel-A What if you took It’s a Wonderful Life and replaced George Bailey with a scruffy Parisian con man and…
Textured with the smoggy grays and troubadour blues of his provincial Illinois homeland, writer-director Brian Jun’s likable, downbeat debut proves…
In what could be construed as a very expensive home movie, the Shues (siblings Elisabeth and Andrew, of the proud…
Bloody disappointing, that’s what Mr. Brooks is. Kevin Costner plays a respectable Portland businessman who kills for thrills, thanks to…
Aachi & Ssipak Is Aachi & Ssipak a good movie? Not really. Is it awesome and worthwhile in an “I…
Thirteen years ago, former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic’s wife threw him a surprise birthday party. For entertainment, she hired Yva…
Who knew that being a great Ping-Pong player requires “running till you puke blood and training till you piss blood?”…
Axed from his engineering job at Boeing on the day he signed a new mortgage, Steve Wiebe could’ve gotten drunk,…
Yes, we’re still the best-attended fest in the U.S.
And so Disney’s immense, booty-busting, pro-piracy epic has come to an End. I doubt very much that Pirates 3 is,…
Made on the cheap for the horror-loving kids at Lionsgate, this freaky-deaky psycho-thriller from New Hollywood survivor William Friedkin is…
Coming out of Shrek the Third, I asked the two smart preteen girls I had in tow what they had…
Sure The Page Turner looks and sounds like an NPR junkie’s idea of thrill-crazy hothouse fare, but the title of…
Why give a Sundance success the Snakes on a Plane treatment?
In February, as plans for a $6 billion Salton Sea rehab project were being fought over (where to preserve nature?…
My least favorite Robert Altman film, 1993’s Short Cuts, hijacked a bunch of Raymond Carver stories and turned them into…
