If Lucy Fell (1996) If Lucy Fell is the fifth romantic comedy I’ve reviewed this year, and it is the fourth to get my rating (no other genres have reached this high in 1996, according to my archives). So, am I getting soft for romances? Maybe so, but the quality of American comedy writing really […]
Igby Goes Down (2002) 2002 is the year of Kieran Culkin. After a rock-star performance in the one great film this year that everyone missed The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Kieran Culkin delivers another knockout performance as a rebel without a clue or a cause in Igby Goes Down. Igby Goes Down tells the
Imitation of Life (1934) The great Claudette Colbert stars in an equally great melodrama from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Colbert is a single mother who, after taking in an itinerant black maid and fellow single mother (an impressive Louise Beavers), opens a pancake shop on the boardwalk and turns her enterprise into a success
In America (2002) In America follows an Irish foursome chasing the fabled “American Dream” while they struggle to put a devastating emotional loss behind them. “Really what it’s about is the Irish leaving death behind,” says Sheridan. “And it’s about coming to the ‘Magic Land,’ which America was. Let’s not beat around the bush. America
The Hours (2002) Stephen Daldry’s The Hours is the quintessential highbrow arthouse picture of the year, the one film critics from the coasts will adore but is guaranteed to alienate audience members more in tune with Maid in Manhattan, Analyze That or The Two Towers. Consider yourself warned. A Masters degree and a penchant for
