I've said before that I don't recommend movies, except for The Spanish Prisoner  (1997, David Mamet), and I'm not going to contr...

Josh and Benny Safdie have made some indies set in authentic NYC locales that run a hundred minutes, are shot on film, and center around a d...

In press interviews after 1998 Sean Penn has frequently referenced his eagerness at the opportunity to act in a movie directed by Terrence M...

Steven Soderbergh said Side Effects  (2013, Steven Soderbergh) would be the last film he directed. Remember in summer 2013 when  Spring Br...

Kathryn Bigelow directed "Fallen Heroes," the 2 hour sixth season finale of Homicide: Life on the Street  in 1998. And while I was...

As long as I've tried, I haven't ever liked any of Luc Besson's movies. I am a huge fan of  Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom...

I don't recommend movies. With the exception of  The Spanish Prisoner  (1997, David Mamet). For the last 20 years that's the one mov...

Years ago—12 or more—I had many special needs. I rode my bike everywhere, with a 12-mile round trip to work, regardless of Portland weather...

Introductionalizing Maunderings Just in time for the year to be more than half over, it's the latest installment of of my yearly roundu...

What could top the high concept of a planet where apes talk and subjugate humans as their slaves? War for the Planet of the Apes  (2017...