BOBBY JONES, STROKE OF GENIUS is not so much a film as a sermon conceived as a series of lessons designed for moral improvement and delivered by rote by a preacher who long ago exchanged enthusiasm for boredom with the subject matter. It is, I suppose, good for you on some level, in much the… Read More »
SUPER SIZE ME!
About a hundred years ago, the United States government decided that it needed to get involved in regulating the food processing industry and created what would eventually become the Food and Drug Administration. It was a radical idea at the time and there were a few who grouched that it was an impediment to free… Read More »
TROY
Cassandra, my favorite character from Homers Iliad, is missing from TROY, Wolfgang Petersons timely meditation of the futility of war. Its not the only change in this handsomely mounted retelling of the mythic tale of the Trojan War. The others are more in keeping with Petersens theme, though jarring for those familiar with the story… Read More »
EDGE OF THE WORLD. THE
In the late 20s or early 30s, a story about the exodus of Scottish island folk from their home captured the imagination of Michael Powell, the British director of such classics as BLACK NARCISSUS and THE RED SHOES. The result was 1938s THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, long difficult to find and recently released by… Read More »
IMELDA
Ramona Diazs mesmerizing documentary IMELDA is not a recounting of the rise and fall of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, the quintessential power couple that ruled the Philippines for twenty years, though that aspect of Imeldas remarkable life is not neglected. Rather, its a study of the mystique of the lady herself. And make no mistake… Read More »
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
There are some films that transcend their genre, that are so exquisitely realized, that so precisely capture the essence of what it means to be human, good and bad, that they take their place in the pantheon of great art, not just great art films. Such is Carl Theodore Dreyer’s THE PASSION OF JOAN OF… Read More »
KING ARTHUR
The legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table conjure up words such as magic, stirring, spellbinding, and timeless, none of which apply to Jerry Bruckheimer’s cinematic rendering. Except, maybe, the timeless part, because sitting through this seems like an eternity. Bruckheimer and director Antoine Fuqua have taken gold, as in the… Read More »
AMERICAN RHAPSODY, AN
It?s the sort of thing that should have been a happy ending instead of the jumping off point for an intimate, heartbreaking and ultimately triumphant family drama. But that?s the thing about real life and why it is, intrinsically, more interesting than fiction. Such is the stuff of AN AMERICAN RHAPSODY, which is based on… Read More »
STANDER
There is a scene in STANDER that stands out among many such memorable ones. In it, a teller is introduced to Andre Stander (Tom Jane) the police officer who is in charge of finding the man who robbed the bank window she was minding. The thing is, Stander is also the man who made away… Read More »
SILVER CITY
SILVER CITY, the title of John Sayles latest film, sounds like a pale reflection of El Dorado, the mythical city of gold that European sought way back when. They were obsessed with dreams of wealth beyond imagination and the power it would buy for them. With eyes on that prize, they failed to see the… Read More »
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