The Oh in Ohio

This story of an uptight corporate go-getter (Posey), her sad-sack high school science teacher husband (Rudd), and her search for her first orgasm is intended to invoke rolling laughter but instead results in repeated sighs.

"...sad-sack high school science teacher, Jack. The hook and obsession of the film is Priscilla's search for an orgasm..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Asylum

In this adaptation of Patrick McGrath's novel, Natasha Richardson and Ian McKellan wonder if the patients have taken over the asylum.

"...muffled groanings of soul-stifling sexual repression, erotic and professional obsession, and, ultimately, bloody, sweaty aggression. It might as well..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For the Love of Chocolate

The taste, the look, the feel of an obsession

"...for the finest, purest, and best has become an obsession for chocolate lovers! Gone are the days when mere..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Without a Paddle

This yuck-fest gets its jokes from men's fear of homosexuality and impotence.

"...you know what we mean. In fact, these characters’ obsession with proving their heterosexual physical boundaries practically – um..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Whole

This documentary explores the hidden world of amputee fetishism.

"...perfect ordinariness, in fact, only seems to make their obsession that much more bizarre. In addition to talking with..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cherish

"...-- one man's cute crush is another man's freaky obsession -- but it comes out muddled and inconsistent, much..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Slackers

"...anyone who's ever been the target of unwanted attention. Obsession is the stuff of black comedy, and the filmmakers..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Gold Fever

"...Lickley. Starring: Marc Strange. Gold Fever explores the human obsession with the precious metal. The globe-trotting movie follows a..."

Sept. 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Highlander: Endgame

"...mutual nemesis, the mega-evil Kell (Payne). Because of its obsession with body counts and power levels -- each time..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Snow Falling on Cedars

"...seems fond of these literary allusions), a newspaperman whose obsession with a long-ago love provides the key to the..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Gambler

"...as this. Heavily in debt due to his gambling obsession, Dostoevsky had foolishly signed away the rights to all..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Stendahl Syndrome

"...for another of the filmmaker's bizarre examinations of madness, obsession, and bloodshed. Argento's daughter, Asia, plays Roman detective Anna..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chalk

"...and Sunlight (1988), apart from demonstrating the filmmaker's overt obsession with issues of lighting, have won top prizes at..."

July 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Olympia

"...so rare they're often objects of intense fascination, even obsession for the rest of us. So it is with..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Fallen Angels

Shot as a companion piece to Chungking Express, this film captures Wong Kar-Wai's fascination with young urban pilgrims and their nocturnal wanderings and cinematographer Christopher Doyle's narcotizing wizardry with light and color.

"...their deeper longings. Because of his hard-to-track narratives and obsession with the sensual aspects of filmmaking, Wong is sometimes..."

April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Deep Crimson

"...ride all the way down the farthest reaches of obsession and petty theft, with dead floozies and (ay-yi-yi!) infanticide..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Substance of Fire

"...can never fully plumb and raising questions about principle, obsession, art, and the Holocaust with no pat answers. But..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Vertigo

One of the thrill master's most psychologically dense and twisted films in which obsession, commitment, and dual identities merge to create a voluptuous tale of thwarted love.

"...master's most psychologically dense and twisted works in which obsession, commitment, and dual identities all merge to create a..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

World and Time Enough

"...goes from sculpting small representations of cathedrals to an obsession with his actual building a real cathedral as a..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sunday's Children

"...his ancestral roots and heritage. Sunday's Children continues Bergman's obsession with family biopsy. The Best Intentions ends with a..."

Oct. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Man in Uniform

"...his part, McCamus is excellent as Henry, three parts obsession to one part desperation, but that in itself just..."

Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Raining Stones

"...communion -- an impossible extravagance that becomes his primary obsession. Shot with a gritty realism and virtually no camera..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

World's Best Commercials: Cannes 'ninety-Two

"...at those ridiculous and pretentious Calvin Klein ads for Obsession. But it is the Grande Prix winner from Spain..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

M. Butterfly

"...who finds his entire life transformed by his escalating obsession with the diva, whom he calls “my butterfly,” in..."

Jan. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hard Boiled

"...like this are apparently stopped at America's borders. Woo's obsession with the virtues of brotherhood and betrayal are in..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ishi: The Last Yahi

"...is an absorbing, eye-opening look at the dichotomous American obsession with “savagery” and “civilization.” It recounts the history of..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Crush

"...out once he realizes the depth of this girl's obsession with him, instead of waiting until time runs out?..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Night and Day

"...a decidedly feminist spin to these studies of romantic obsession...."

Feb. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Vanishing

"...allows the possibility of romance, renewal and liberation from obsession. And that, I think, is some of what I'm..."

Feb. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Venice/venice

"...of their own lives. Even though Jaglom defends his obsession with women (his recent films have tended to feature..."

Dec. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

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