A Fable of False Hope, Hubris and Tinseltown
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This documentary tells the story of Troy Duffy, a bartender in Los Angeles who became a minor celebrity when Miramax offered him $1 million for a screenplay.
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Extending numerological superstitions to taglines of film titles may well be the newest trend in the tinsel town, given
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The journey of Henry Winterstern is a classic tale of Hollywoodâs irresistible lure and the hubris that so often leads to a sudden demise.
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How to avoid bad movies in the name of a good cause.
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There may be crazier movies than this Thai cowboy melodrama of betrayal and forbidden love, but I can't think of one that is quite so mad about its own craziness.
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With its jerky camerawork and gritty texture, the British film âLondon to Brightonâ tries awfully hard to pass itself off as a slab of rancid naturalism.
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Like any number of Chinese films that make the festival rounds, âDam Streetâ offers a portrait of alienation in a post-Mao world as believable as it is grim, grim, grim.
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The documentary âDeep Waterâ begins like a Boyâs Own adventure tale but ends up more akin to tragedy.
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Moviegoers are not following the script written for them by the Hollywood studios.
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Independent film may be dead, but if it is, it has been reincarnated in the shape of another much-mourned, perpetually misunderstood movie martyr, the studio system.
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Brian Springerâs bizarre documentary âThe Disappointment: Or, the Force of Credulityâ is, among many things, a treatise on how history is passed along.
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As Hollywood goes nuts, maybe the audience needs to examine itself too
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With its ludicrous frisson of patriotism and a nod to "The Da Vinci Code," a more cynical grab for Hollywood gold is hard to imagine.
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Global politics, seniors in love, fantastical fairy tales, technical glitches and the Weinstein brothers
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Up this week: the hybrid hyperbole of John Hussman.
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Here's one of those strange-but-true tales of irony that can elicit either humor or frustration - maybe both - depending on your perspective.
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ÂThe Path to 9/11Â is an unsparing, and at times hyperbolic, portrait of bureaucratic turf wars, buck passing and complacency.