Actors & Personalities · Interviews
The Ballad of Stella Stevens: An Interview
In which Stella tells all or at least most
Author: Tony Macklin
Tony Macklin is a former film professor at the University of Dayton, the former editor of the much-missed filmcrit magazine Film Heritage, and a radio film critic in Las Vegas.
Actors & Personalities · Interviews
“The Best Jewish Cowboy”: An Interview with James Caan
“Hard times will make a monkey eatred peppers.”
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Vicky and Woody and François: On Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The return of Jules and Jim?
Crime · Reviews · Writers & Critics
Critics Cornered: On Reviewers’ Reactions to David Ayres’ Street Kings
“Anyone who speaks unsanitized thought is going to lose.”
Man in the Dark: On David Fincher’s Zodiac
“A brutal, slick game” Zodiac probably is more of a critic’s picture than an audience picture. Since it is about an actual serial killer — Zodiac, who terrorized Northern California[…]
Lonesome Road: Bruckheimer’s Folly
Glory Road? Make that Dead End. The first time I knew race was more of an influence than a seven-foot center was when I went to support the Villanova basketball team[…]
Baby, Take a Bow: That’s Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood continues to surprise and thrill
Actors & Personalities · Directors · Interviews
“Plant Your Feet and Tell the Truth”: An Interview with Clint Eastwood
On Million Dollar Baby and a million-dollar career
Tears in the Astroturf: Friday Night Lights II
This feel-good movie doesn’t
Actors & Personalities · Reviews
Come Back, Jack! Why Schmidt Is Shit
Payne capsized an actor and a novel in this misfire About Schmidt drives another nail in the coffin of irony. About Schmidt is as lacking in irony as its blatant[…]
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