"When they look at you, they see what they want to be. When they look at me, they see what...
Read moreDetailsI think it’s safe to say that William Friedkin had one of the more star-crossed careers of any director from...
Read moreDetailsThere’s no way around it, Primal Fear is pulp. I don’t mean that as a pejorative—I love pulp. But boy,...
Read moreDetailsJohn Huston was wheelchair bound and on portable oxygen when he directed his adaptation of James Joyce’s short story “The...
Read moreDetailsOn the surface, Witness looks like a mash-up of two tropes: the good cop protecting an eye-witness from danger, and...
Read moreDetailsI was recently asked about the scene where George Clooney as Michael Clayton stops off by the side of the...
Read moreDetailsAs an adolescent, Barney Miller was a staple in my household. If memory serves correctly (always a bit of a...
Read moreDetailsThe recent death of Pele, the greatest footballer ever, brought to my mind a teen drama from 1985 starring Matthew...
Read moreDetails"I think there's a storm -- seems like it's a-brewin'." -- Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley) I first encountered Robert Altman's...
Read moreDetailsFew actors in the history of cinema have had a hot streak like Al Pacino did from 1971 to 1979....
Read moreDetailsIt’s hard to talk about the Oscars and the awards race in general in these months leading up to the...