The Oh in Ohio (2006, Billy Kent)
Short movies–under ninety minutes–are having a creative resurgence of late. I’m thinking primarily of Ed Burns’s Looking for Kitty as the model (and it was well under ninety), but The Oh in Ohio is...
View ArticleMedicine Man (1992, John McTiernan)
Whoever–studio executive, director, producer, whatever–gave Lorraine Bracco another job after Medicine Man is a couple things. One of the bravest persons in Hollywood and, additionally, a film...
View ArticleStigmata (1999, Rupert Wainwright)
From the director of MC Hammer’s greatest hits. Seriously. I wasn’t even going to open mocking Rupert Wainwright, but then I saw his filmography. Instead, I was going to open wondering how, with two...
View ArticleMiller’s Crossing (1990, Joel Coen)
A lot of Miller’s Crossing is left unsaid. Between the hard boiled dialogue disguising character motivations and the lengthy shots of Gabriel Byrne silently reflecting, the Coen Brothers invite...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....