(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)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Alice (1988)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Amadeus (1984)
An American in Paris (1951)
Apocalypse Now (1979, Redux version)
The Asphyx (1973)
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
Au revoir les enfants (1987)
Avanti! (1972)
Bambi (1942)
Band of Outsiders (1964)
Barfly (1987)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Bay of Angels (1963)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Black Moon (1975)
Black Orpheus (1959)
Blood Simple (1984)
Boiling Point (1990)
Breathless (1959)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Bullitt (1968)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Candyman (1992)
Cape Fear (1991)
Casablanca (1942)
Chaos (1999)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
The Comancheros (1961)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
The Conversation (1974)
Damnation Alley (1977)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Dark Star (1974)
Das Boot (1981)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dead Alive (1992)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Deep Red (1975)
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
Design for Living (1933)
Diabolique (1955)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Dinosaur (equally sarcastic, different gimmick)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Dog Star Man (1964)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Eraserhead (1977)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, 20th Anniversary Edition)
Eyes Without a Face (1959)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Fellini Satyricon (1970)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
The Fisher King (1991)
Fistful of Dollars (1964)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
The French Connection (1971)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Funny Girl (1968)
Galapagos (IMAX short)
Genevieve (1953)
The General (1926)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Gladiator (expanded version)
Harakiri (1962)
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Head (1968)
High Fidelity (expanded version)
Hi-Life (1998)
I Vitelloni (1953)
Identification of a Woman (1982)
if.... (1968) [third viewing, Dec 2011]
Il Posto (1961)
The Image (1975)
In Which We Serve (1942)
Inside/Out (1997)
Insignificance (1985)
Investigation of a Citizen Under Suspicion (1970)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Jabberwocky (1977)
Jean de Florette (1986)
Jeanne Dielman--23, Quai du Commerce--1080 Bruxelles
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Jour de fête (1949)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Kuroneko (1968)
L.A. Story (1991)
L'Age d'Or (1930)
Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
The Last Waltz (1978)
The Last Wave (1977)
Late Spring (1949)
Legend (1985)
The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
Letter Never Sent (1960)
Life of Brian (1979)
Little Big Man (1970)
Little Fugitive (1953)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
The Longest Day (1962)
Macbeth (1971)
Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
A Man Escaped (1956)
Manhattan (1979)
Manhunter (1986)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
A Married Woman (1964)
Me Myself I (less sarcastic version)
Medea (1988)
Menace II Society (1993)
Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Modern Romance (1981)
Mon oncle (1958)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) [cowritten with Vern] [and again, Mar 2012]
The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993)
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (1975)
My Best Fiend (1999)
Naked (1993)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
New York, New York (1977)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Non-Stop (1996)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Obsession (1976)
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
Pale Flower (1964)
Parade (1974)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Patton (1970)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
People on Sunday (1930)
Pépé le Moko (1937)
A Perfect World (1993)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Platform (2000)
The Producers (1967)
Punishment Park (1971)
Pusher (1996)
Ran (1985)
The Red Circle (1970)
The Red House (1947)
Revenge (1990)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Rook (1994)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Scanners (1981)
Scarface (1983)
The Searchers (1956)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
The Seven Samurai (1954)
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (1999)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Space Children (1958)
The Stand-In (1999)
The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
Stolen Desire (1958)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Strike [1925]
The Stunt Man (1980)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Sweetie (1989)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Taps (1981)
Ten Benny (1998)
The 39 Steps (1935)
This Happy Breed (1944)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
3 Women (1977)
Timecode (less sarcastic version)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
Trafic (1971)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX short)
The Trial (1962)
23rd Psalm Branch (1967)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Umberto D. (1952) [ideas swiped from Victor J. Morton, with permission]
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Vera Cruz (1954)
Videodrome (1983)
Violent Cop (1989)
Virus (1999)
Waking the Dead (less sarcastic version)
The War Room (1993)
The Well (1997)
West Side Story (1961)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Who's Got the Action? (1962)
Wings of Desire (1987)
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