Film Reviews
The Machinist
Brad Anderson's study of guilt's effect on paranoia is all about Christian Bale.
Local Hero
When it comes to fending off big oil, try a mermaid and a comet-selling beachcomber.
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Peter Weir's early mystery puts incipient sexuality and dreamtime in a bottle.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Altman's Western is all about hues and shadings, and no one winning.
Margin Call
For once, a Hollywood movie about real events that conquers through understatement.
L’Histoire d’Adèle H. (The Story of Adèle H.)
Isabelle Adjani and François Truffaut perfectly mix love and madness.
Koyaanisqatsi
Philip Glass gives Godfrey Reggio's spooky documentary a sound for the ages.
Last Tango in Paris
Sex scenes can age, so can dialogue, but rawness has uranium's half-life.
L’homme de Rio (That Man From Rio)
Philippe de Broca's spy spoof had two aces: Incipient Brasilia and Jean-Paul Belmondo.
The Guns of Navarone
Before irony took over the buddy movie, there was war and cameradie.