Film on the Internet: RUNAWAY JURY
Together, Runaway Jury and The Firm comprise the tiny but surprisingly viable genre of “thoroughly…
Dad to the Bone: CRIMSON TIDE — A New Series by James Williams
In June, I became a father for the first time. A lot of things changed…
Taco Break: Favorite Nonsense Lines that Make Sense
There are brilliant lines of dialog spoken by fools, there are brilliantly foolish lines of…
Authoritarian Agonistes: Son of Griff on ’71’s Scopophilic Supercops
In the 1970s, conservative American mythologies confronted historical realities. The Mai Lai massacre, the Kent…
Life Before STAR WARS: Dead Genres
A Bridge Too Far doesn’t really have much in common with Star Wars, but in…
Taco Break: Stealth Sequels, Prequels, Reboots, and Remakes
Enemy of the State remains Tony Scott’s best film, a nearly perfect union of director…
Dissecting PRIME CUT
Prime Cut’s opening credits play over cows lined up for slaughter. There’s a naked male…
Celebrating the Living: Gene Hackman
The world of first choices is a fascinating one. Imagine with me, for a moment,…
Not Quite Normal: Persia on The Cracked Brilliance of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Was there, will there ever be, a man better at going from quiet neurosis to…
Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on THE CONVERSATION
For me, art is communication, and all art is inherently in conversation with everything that…