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Fahrenheit 9/11
directed by Michael Moore
Turning Up the Heat
Moore's op-ed piece shoots for the swing voters by dishing up examples of Bush's incompetence and deceit and turning up the heat. |
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Fahrenheit 9/11
directed by Michael Moore
Documentary or Mockumentary?
Fahrenheit 9/11 is a deceptive and manipulative piece of yellow journalism. Before you see it, do your research. |
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Family Fundamentals
directed by Arthur Dong
Gay vs. Family
Arthur Dong provokes intelligent discussion on homosexuality through this poignant portrait of intergenerational conflict. |
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Far From Heaven
directed by Todd Haynes
Trouble In Paradise
Painful as they can be, it's well-crafted, provocative movies like this that keep my love for the art form burning so strongly. |
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Far from Heaven
directed by Todd Haynes
Not the Happy Days of the Fifties
Haynes' movie is visually perfect and disturbing. It's one of the best from 2002. |
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Father and Son
directed by Alexander Sokurov
Oedipus Wrecks
Alexander Sokurov's obscure new film Father and Son doesn't quite come off. |
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FearDotCom
directed by William Malone
Dogshit dot net
FearDotCom fails, despite the game efforts of McElhone and Dorff, because it isn't scary or interesting or even logical in any way. |
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Femme Fatale
directed by Brian DePalma
When good trailers go bad
This lethal beauty is more boring than deadly. |
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Femme Fatale
directed by Brian DePalma
Deliciously Dangerous Dames
Brian DePalma uses a heart-pumping camera and expertly handled editing to capture a girl and her gun. |
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Festival in Cannes
directed by Henry Jaglom
Wheeling and Dealing at Cannes
With a lot of editing, this 99 minute indie film could make a decent 5 minute trailer for Cannes |
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