"Fish Tank"
I see that IFC has done another of what I sometimes call its stealth releases…
Glenn KennyJanuary 18, 2010
Manny Farber's best films of 1951, #9; "Appointment With Danger," directed by Lewis Allen; followed by a summation of What We Have Learned Here
The prior entry is here, and, as always, you can move backwards from there for…
Glenn KennyDecember 21, 2009
Manny Farber's best films of 1951, sidebar; "A Hound For Trouble," directed by Chuck Jones
As we work on the ninth film blurbed by the man in his "'Best Films'…
Glenn KennyDecember 14, 2009
Blue man groupie
Well whaddya know—I kinda thought Avatar was the shit. It's me and Avatar all day…
Glenn KennyDecember 11, 2009
"A Single Man"
It's true that Colin Firth does some of the finest acting of his career in…
Glenn KennyDecember 10, 2009
"Nine"
Believe me, no one was more surprised than myself not to have hated this movie.…
Glenn KennyDecember 9, 2009
Arrrrr.
The final leg of my assessment of the lesser Polanskis (and "leg" seems apt, as…
Glenn KennyDecember 8, 2009
Manny Farber's best films of 1951, #8: "The Man Who Cheated Himself," directed by Felix Feist
After a one-week engagement at The Auteurs', this soon-to-be-concluded feature returns to its home. (Now's…
Glenn KennyDecember 7, 2009
Manny on "Earth"
The lovely folks at The Auteurs' Notebook are hosting a wonderful series of pieces commemorating…
Glenn KennyNovember 30, 2009
Text and subtext in Eastwood's "Invictus"
So. Variety's Todd McCarthy and Newsweek's David Ansen have gone ahead and ignored a studio-imposed…
Glenn KennyNovember 28, 2009