SXSW Film Festival Reco 2002

"...Directed by: Various. The SXSW Film Festival 2002 has arrived. The Festival begins..."

March 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Festival 2002

"...Directed by: Various. The SXSW Film Festival 2002 has arrived. The Festival begins..."

March 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Count of Monte Cristo

"...random twist of fate, but for a while during the first half of this, the umpteenth recent retooling of..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

Animated Japanese sequel about the legendary bounty hunter.

"...Mike McShane and Andrew Philpot. Bloodlust cuts right to the bloody heart of what's great about Japanese animation: shockingly..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mulholland Drive

"...Dan Hedaya, Ann Miller, Laura Elena Harring and Justin Theroux. Robert Forster's character (who makes a cameo early on..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bride of the Wind

"...Perez, Simon Verhoeven, Dagmar Schwarz and Gregor Seberg. Like the most recent Merchant-Ivory joint The Golden Bowl, this tony..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

America's Sweethearts

"...Directed by: Joe Roth. Starring: Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Billy Crystal, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci,..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Proof of Life

"...to remember hearing something about romantic sparks flying between the two co-stars of Proof of Life, Meg Ryan and..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dungeons & Dragons

"...Payne. Oh, to be in sixth grade again, rolling the percentile dice on the lunchroom table and knowing full..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bedazzled

"...Toby Huss. Why mess with a good thing? That's the resounding question raised by this Hollywood remake of the..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lost Souls

"...John Beasley, Victor Slezak, John Diehl and John Hurt. The directorial debut of longtime Spielberg cinematographer and two-time Oscar..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Waiting Game

"...by: Ken Liotti. Starring: Daniel Riordan, Michael Raynor, Terumi Matthews, Eddie Malavarca, Dwight Ewell, Debbon Ayer and Will Arnett...."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Map of the World

"...Of all our exalted moral virtues, truth may be the most problematical. Why? Well, for starters the unvarnished truth..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Music of the Heart

"...Angela Bassett, Aidan Quinn and Meryl Streep. In yet another sign that the End Times are upon us, Craven,..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Muse

"...Stone and Albert Brooks. Albert Brooks has always been the poor man's Woody Allen, a perpetually harangued schlub, the..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Analyze This

"...You don't need a psychology degree to catch all the Freudian subcurrents in Hollywood gangster flicks. All those gun..."

March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Inheritors

"...no one listened when I talked,” says one of the peasants in Stefan Ruzowitzky's rural Austrian allegory, The Inheritors...."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Warriors of Virtue

"...a children's chopsocky adventure featuring a quintet of giant, otherworldly kangaroos that is directed by the man who brought..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Smilla's Sense of Snow

"...Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent and Mario Adorf. Based on the world-wide bestseller Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Danish..."

March 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Folklorist

Peter Keane, Not a Singer-Songwriter

"...First a refutation. Although undeniably thin, bespectacled, and balding, Peter Keane is not now nor has he ever been..."

Sept. 13, 1996 Music Feature by Brian Berger

The Craft

Teen witches made high school a dark and brooding place long before vampires took over as the kings of teen cool.

"...Serna and Cliff De Young. Although Columbia is marketing the film as a kind of Clueless by way of..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mary Reilly

"...film, beautiful to behold but with less substance than the shadowy tendrils of fog that blanket nearly every scene...."

March 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fun

"...James Bosley's stageplay, Fun is a harrowing glimpse into the world of desperate friendship gone horribly awry. Bonnie and..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb"

"...John Schofield and Mike Gifford. Like a cross between the Brothers Quay, Jan Svankmajer, and David Lynch, Tom Thumb..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hoop Dreams

Groundbreaking documentary follows five years in the lives of two promising high school basketball players from Chicago.

"...nearly three hours long, that follows five years in the lives of two promising high school basketball players from..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

"...John Cleese. Kenneth Branagh, resuscitator of Shakespeare onscreen, tackles the Frankenstein tale and brings that oft-abused corpse to life..."

Nov. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Best of the New York Underground

"...and, if you're going to use this to measure the quality of the current NYC underground film scene, you're..."

July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Heroic Trio

Three female superheroes, who were initially enemies, team up to defeat an ancient monster who is stealing children of royal blood.

"...comic book fantasy epic that manages to make even the most insane productions coming out of the Free City..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Bride With White Hair

"...This is a genuinely touching period piece from someone other than Tsui Hark (about time, too). Based on an..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oscar Shorts 1993

"...by: Various. When casting your vote every year in the office Oscar pool, the categories of documentary and live-action..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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