Six Degrees of Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi: actor, filmmaker, dad

"...Steve Buscemi ducked in to some SXSW showcases over the..."

March 18, 2008 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trees Lounge

Buscemi wrote, directed, and stars in this penetrating movie about a hopeless alcoholic who nevertheless hopes for something more out of life. The attentions of a lusty 17-year-old (Sevigny) is the last thing this guy needs.

"...Directed by: Steve Buscemi. Starring: Steve Buscemi, Mark Boone Junior, Chloë Sevigny,..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lonesome Jim

Steve Buscemi directs this story about a lovable loser who moves back in with his off-kilter family in Indiana.

"...Directed by: Steve Buscemi. Starring: Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place,..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Interview

Steve Buscemi directs and co-stars in this film with Sienna Miller as the pair play out an emotionally charged pas de deux.

"...Directed by: Steve Buscemi. Starring: Sienna Miller and Steve Buscemi. Here’s an..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi play squabbling old-school magicians whose reign on the Vegas strip is threatened by a daring stunt magician played by Jim Carrey.

"...Directed by: Don Scardino. Starring: Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, Jim Carrey, James Gandolfini,..."

March 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Armageddon

"...Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith Davis, Steve Buscemi, Owen Wilson and Ken Campbell. It's big, it's..."

July 3, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Airheads

"...Directed by: Michael Lehmann. Starring: Brandon Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Michael Richards, Michael McKean,..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Soup

This Sundance multiaward-winner provides a fantastic showcase for the outsized vitality of Seymour Cassell, who plays a gangster investing in dour screenwriter Steve Buscemi's work.

"...Directed by: Alexandre Rockwell. Starring: Seymour Cassel, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Beals and Pat Moya. When would-be film..."

Aug. 6, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lean on Pete

Equine tale is a lot deeper than the cheesy subject suggests.

"...Directed by: Andrew Haigh. Starring: Charlie Plummer, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, Thomas Mann and Steve Zahn...."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saint John of Las Vegas

Although the film sounds like a sure bet on paper, this comedy starring Steve Buscemi sadly comes up solid snake eyes.

"...Directed by: Hue Rhodes. Starring: Steve Buscemi, Romany Malco, Sarah Silverman, Peter Dinklage, Emmanuelle Chriqui,..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Magic Gathering at SXSW Film

Carell & Buscemi comedy ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ to open fest

"...Siegfried and Roy, meet Steve and Steve – Carell and Buscemi, that is. They’ll..."

Jan. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Newest Adam Sandler comedy Chuck & Larry is a movie full of weak moments, contrived to the point of painful, that quickly turns from wild farce to gay-agenda movie.

"...Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Richard Chamberlain, Lance Bass, Dave Matthews, Rob Schneider..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

"...Matt O'Leary, Holland Taylor, Ricardo Montalban, Mike Judge and Steve Buscemi. Preteen superspies Carmen (Vega) and Juni Cortez (Sabara)..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Living in Oblivion

"...Directed by: Tom DiCillo. Starring: Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney and James LeGros. Hollywood's..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the aforementioned Hammer opus or, God forbid, Robert Louis Stevenson's orginal story... which this film claims to have been..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

28 Days

"...Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Diane Ladd, Elizabeth Perkins, Steve Buscemi, Alan Tudyk, Michael O'Malley, Azura Skye, Reni Santoni..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coffee and Cigarettes

Jim Jarmusch's new brew is lukewarm.

"...Directed by: Jim Jarmusch. Starring: Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Joie Lee, Cinqué Lee, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop,..."

July 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Iain Softley; with Johnny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Fisher Stevens, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Laurence Mason, Renoly Santiago, Wendell..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

TV Eye: Under the 'Boardwalk'

A new HBO series explores seedy, Prohibition-era Atlantic City

"...My biggest complaint is that I am not feeling Steve Buscemi in the lead role as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson...."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Collateral Damage

"...boorishness. That's a mistake on the order of saying Steve Buscemi is a creep because he so often plays..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

Trees Lounge

"...D: Steve Buscemi; with Buscemi, Carol Kane, Mark Boone, Jr., Bronson..."

March 28, 1997 Screens Feature

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

The man who would be kingmaker

"...Joseph Cedar. Starring: Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Hank Azaria, Steve Buscemi, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Michael Sheen, Dan Stevens, Yehuda Almagor,..."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rampart

Woody Harrelson reunites with the director of The Messenger to create this portrait of a very dirty cop.

"...Ben Foster, Brie Larson, Audra McDonald, Francis Capra and Steve Buscemi...."

Feb. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Grown Ups

Grown Ups is the latest in an ongoing series of achingly nostalgic Adam Sandler schmaltzfests.

"...Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph, Joyce Van Patten, Ebony Jo-Ann, Steve Buscemi, Colin Quinn and Tim Meadows. Who is Adam..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Youth in Revolt

Teen angst is on the docket in this Michael Cera vehicle that's pleasant but never delivers on the revolt promised in the title.

"...Mary Kay Place, Justin Long, Fred Willard, Ray Liotta, Steve Buscemi, Ari Graynor and Adhir Kalyan. Youth in Revolt..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Teen Angst Turns a Page

Director Terry Zwigoff's darkly comic 'Ghost World'

"...in greasy spoons and stalking complete strangers, among then Steve Buscemi's misanthropic Seymour, a 34-year-old obsessive collector of vintage..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

Living in Oblivion

"...D: Tom DiCillio (1995) with Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney, James Le Gros Swimming..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Screens Feature

John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.

"...Directed by: John Carpenter. Starring: Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, George Corraface, Cliff Robertson, Pam Grier,..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film

Film Reviews

"...Iain Softley; with Johnny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Fisher Stevens, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Laurence Mason, Renoly Santiago, Wendell..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...JEFFREYD: Christopher Ashley; with Steven Weber, Michael T. Weiss, Patrick Stewart, Bryan Batt, Sigourney..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

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