Reviews: Films

King Kong

What are the dangers when a director monkeys around with a classic film? Thomas Wartenberg on the remake of King Kong.
[Issue 54: February/March 2006]

Bright Leaves

Thomas Wartenberg thinks about how real life keeps on breaking through as he watches Bright Leaves.
[Issue 52: August/September 2005]

I ♥ Huckabees

John Snider ponders time, space and Shania Twain in this review of I ♥ Huckabees.
[Issue 51: June/July 2005]

Spanglish

Thomas Wartenberg ponders the classic dilemma of the Good Mother in a film about ethnicity, renunciation and cookery: Spanglish.
[Issue 50: March/April 2005]

Bad Education

Thomas Wartenberg thinks darkly fraternal thoughts while watching a movie by Pedro Almodovar about sibling rivalry and the appalling results of Bad Education.
[Issue 49: January/February 2005]

Our philosophical film guru Thomas Wartenberg is charmed by Before Sunset but thinks it fumbles an opportunity to examine one of the genuine philosophical problems of growing older.
[Issue 48: October/November 2004]

Fahrenheit 9/11

Our film columnist Thomas Wartenberg laughs and cheers this year’s most controversial satire, Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11.
[Issue 47: August/September 2004]

The Many Passions of the Christ

Our man with the popcorn and the Aramaic phrasebook Thomas Wartenberg explains why so many people have a problem with Mel Gibson’s flay ‘n’ slay epic, and why so many others think it really is the greatest story ever told.
[Issue 46: May/June 2004]

Mystic River

Our movie maestro Thomas Wartenberg says that Clint Eastwood’s recent film Mystic River is a tragedy – but in the good sense of the word.
[Issue 45: March/April 2004]

Remake

Ellen Klein reviews a poignant and thoughtful film from her adopted home town of Sarajevo – Remake.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004]

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