(I've also included some of my early TONY reviews, from the days before
they were available on the website. Anything dating from 1998 or 1999 was
likely edited without my input; in particular, I am not responsible for
the horrifically lame final sentence of the Hi-Life review. You'll
also find below a few alternative reviews from 2000, when I was still
heroically attempting to write separate reviews for the mag and the site;
generally these are either much expanded [e.g., High Fidelity] or
considerably less sarcastic [e.g., Waking the Dead].)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1999)
Apocalypse Now (1979, Redux version)
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
Band of Outsiders (1964)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Bay of Angels (1963)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Blood Simple (1984)
Boiling Point (1990)
Breathless (1959)
Chaos (1999)
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
Dinosaur (equally sarcastic, different gimmick)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, 20th Anniversary Edition)
Eyes Without a Face (1959)
Fellini Satyricon (1970)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Funny Girl (1968)
Galapagos (IMAX short)
Gladiator (expanded version)
High Fidelity (expanded version)
Hi-Life (1998)
I Vitelloni (1953)
if.... (1968)
Il Posto (1961)
Inside/Out (1997)
Investigation of a Citizen Under Suspicion (1970)
Jabberwocky (1977)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
L'Age d'Or (1930)
Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
The Last Waltz (1978)
The Last Wave (1977)
The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
Life of Brian (1979)
Little Fugitive (1953)
Macbeth (1971)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Me Myself I (less sarcastic version)
Medea (1988)
Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) [cowritten with Vern]
The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993)
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (1975)
My Best Fiend (1999)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Non-Stop (1996)
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
Pépé le Moko (1937)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Platform (2000)
The Producers (1967)
Pusher (1996)
Ran (1985)
The Red Circle (1970)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Rook (1994)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
The Seven Samurai (1954)
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (1999)
The Stand-In (1999)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Ten Benny (1998)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
3 Women (1977)
Timecode (less sarcastic version)
Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX short)
The Trial (1962)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Umberto D. (1952) [ideas swiped from Victor J. Morton, with permission]
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Violent Cop (1989)
Virus (1999)
Waking the Dead (less sarcastic version)
The Well (1997)
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1983)
Miscellany
David Mamet overview (pegged to video release of The Spanish Prisoner)
Snide article about Fine Line's decision to rename Une liaison pornographique
2000 Toronto Film Festival report
2000 Thessaloniki Film Festival report
Joke review of a colleague's home movie (helps to read whole feature)
2001 Berlin Film Festival report
Review of Chuck Palahniuk's novel Choke (written under a pseudonym)
Incoherent rant about the evils of digital video
Nick Hornby interview (written under a pseudonym)
2001 Toronto Film Festival report
An appreciation of Tom Wilkinson's performance in In the Bedroom
Overview of the "Film Comment Selects" series at the Walter Reade
Leonard Maltin interview
2002 Cannes Film Festival report
2002 Toronto Film Festival report (pretty lame)
New York Film Festival preview
2003 Rotterdam festival report
2003 Toronto Film Festival report
An overview of the 2003 screener-ban debate