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THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD

August 26, 2020 By Leave a Comment

Armando Iannucci, a man possessing a preternatural gift for telling serious stories with a puckish twist, has taken on the classic Dickens tale of David Copperfield, and infused it with sparkling new life while remaining true to the original’s spirit. After all, despite his sometimes cloying sentimentality, Dickens spared his readers nothing when describing the… Read More »

Tagged With: 19th century, book to screen, Charles Dickens, colonialism, color-blind casting, England, imperialism, literature, social commentary

HELLBOY

April 11, 2019 By Leave a Comment

HELLBOY

There are many ways for a film to go wrong, and while HELLBOY may not have explored all of them, it has certainly come very close.  Dialogue that is not nearly as clever as it thinks it is, editing that teeters between pedestrian and laughable, and a story that is merely an excuse for carnage… Read More »

Tagged With: apocalypse, Arthurian Legend, England, giants, pigboy, reboot, squished monk

AGAINST THE LAW — Fergus O’Brien Interview

June 24, 2017 By 2 Comments

AGAINST THE LAW — Fergus O’Brien Interview

  I spoke with Fergus O’Brien on June 23, 2017 as part of the second Frameline press day. His film, AGAINST THE LAW, was screening the following day at the fabulous Castro Theater, and I took the opportunity to ask him the question I was putting to all the filmmakers who sat in front of… Read More »

Tagged With: Against the Law, based on a true story, book to screen, discrimination, docu-drama, England, Fergus O'Brien, gay and lesbian, Great Britain, Peter Wildebloode

Errol Morris — TABLOID

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Errol Morris — TABLOID

Errol Morris specializes in stories that challenge preconceived notions and recieved truth. With TABLOID, he allows Joyce McKinney, the center of a tabloid frenzy involving sex and religion, the tabloid reporter and the tabloid photographer who told the tale to the multitudes in search of salacious story, and a gay Mormon activist who met Joyce… Read More »

Tagged With: cinema, cloning, Devonshire, documentary, England, Errol Morris, gay Mormon activist, handcuffs, Joyce McKinney, Kent Gavin, Kirk Anderson, Manacled Mormon, media, Mormon, obsession, Peter Tory, TABLOID, Troy Williams

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