Ratcatcher

Essays

Sep 9, 2002 With her debut feature, Lynne Ramsay confirmed herself as one of the most distinct and important voices to emerge from the United Kingdom in recent years.

Hopscotch

Essays

Aug 19, 2002 Ronald Neame’s dramedy has the distinction of being the only “feel-good” realistic spy film ever made, walking a fine line between topicality and escapism.

Nov 19, 2001 Luis Buñuel’s drama is a seductive work that exemplifies, even as it studies, the perversity of human desire.

Oct 15, 2001 The music in Benjamin Christensen’s classic constantly refers to something deeper, creating a sort of deep pity in preparation for the ending of the film.

Sep 17, 2001 Elmar Klos and I usually work as equal partners, but in this case he left me a free hand. He knows that I am not thinking of the fate of all the six million tortured Jews, but that my work...

Billy Liar

Essays

Jul 9, 2001 John Schlesinger’s beloved dramedy subverts the conventions of British kitchen-sink realism.

Jun 4, 2001 Mario Monicelli’s caper comedy is that genuine rarity in popular culture: a satire that not only helped kill off one movie genre, but started a whole new subgenre in the process.

Playtime

Essays

Jun 3, 2001 Jacques Tati’s singular satire is a series of giddy encounters between people and things in which the wonders of “modern life” relinquish their functionality in favor of an unaccountably rapturous beauty.

May 12, 2001 Bertrand Tavernier’s adaptation is the story of a saintly madman in a world where the concepts of good and evil have no meaning.

The Rock

Essays

Mar 12, 2001 This first-rate action thriller by Michael Bay is a triumph of style, tone, and energy.

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