So. Variety's Todd McCarthy and Newsweek's David Ansen have gone ahead and ignored a studio-imposed embargo and reviewed Clint Eastwood's Invictus, which opens in less than two weeks. This breach…
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...a holiday that, despite whatever the meanies at Big Hollywood would have you believe, is frequently enjoyed by counter-culture/"progressive"/leftie types, as the above screen cap from Arthur Penn's 1969 Alice's Restaurant…
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So, you don't wanna talk about Spencer Tracy or James Brown? Okay, fine, be that way. I see now that the crew over at Time Out New York has posted…
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After nearly three and a half years of producing this cinemagoers’ consumer guide, perhaps its time for a statement of intent. A manifesto, if you will. Something to place these…
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Twelve years after his groundbreaking Apollo performance, 10 years after the TAMI Show, the Godfather of Soul continues to do it to death in 1974, headlining the Zaire '74 Music…
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Last week's installment, #5, here. Follow the links at that post to access the other prior films in the series.Farber: "An adroit, scholarly example of sound storytelling that every Message…
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