Sep 23, 2002 Anticipating reality TV, Rémy Belvaux’s faux cinema verité satire follows a film crew documenting a mass murderer’s rampage.

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.

Jul 29, 2002 Viewing Kon Ichikawa’s film of the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, it is apparent that even then his main idea (despite the more than 150 cameras available to him) was to present a fragmented picture of the Games, rather than...

Feb 11, 2002 The last, best, and funniest movie Milos Forman would make in his native Czechoslovakia is a deceptively simple miniature.

The Last Wave

Essays

Nov 26, 2001 Peter Weir’s first film to be released in America insists on the tangible power of spiritual life.

Oct 29, 2001 Peter Medak’s stinging satire is unashamedly theatrical, emerging from a fascinating period in English culture when theatre and cinema together were mining a rich vein of flamboyant self-analysis.

The Vanishing

Essays

Sep 17, 2001 George Sluizer’s nightmarish film is a study in everyday madness, rooted in the specifics of the Dutch and French landscapes and character.

Aug 20, 2001 Preston Sturges’s generous-hearted satire achieves a synthesis that is both terribly funny and deeply moving.

Apr 23, 2001 Released in late 1938, Alexander Nevsky was not only the first sound film to be directed by Sergei Eisenstein, but the director’s political comeback as well. This most famous of Soviet artists had not completed a movie since The Old...

Aug 28, 2000 Alberto Lattuada’s gifts for dramatic narrative were joined for the first and last time with Federico Fellini’s flair for cartoonish satire and lyrical sentiment.

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