Why this movie is no longer available on DVD or Blu-ray or available for streaming anywhere (at least in the U.S.) is beyond me. It's essential viewing. "Ipcress proves again that one of the primal pleasures of moviegoing is a…
Coming not soon enough is Morgan Spurlock's next directorial outing. This time, with the help of Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Ben Silverman, he explores the idea of what it means to be a man in the 21st century. From…
Since my college days as a student radio host, I've been a sucker for good radio and it's inherent portability, particularly public radio, like National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Here's the…
After seeing a good documentary (or any good film, for that matter), its immediate power to get us thinking or inspire us to take any action probably lasts a day. We'll talk about it at the water cooler the next…
It perhaps began with his iconic three-time portrayal as Harry Palmer starting with The Ipcress File in 1965, but Michael Caine has displayed a spectacular, glorious, badass selection of eyewear over the years. From the chunkiest of horn rims to…
Bonnie & Clyde, Falling Down, Natural Born Killers and The Devil’s Rejects, shaken and served straight up, with a twist of Kick Ass… It looks like Magnolia Pictures and comedian, writer and director Bobcat Goldthwait have given us an early Christmas present this year with God Bless America.
This is easily one of my favorite movies of all time. A heist... gangsters... fedoras... guns... a lounge... a girl... a vintage Citroën... Moody, quiet, not a lot of dialog. Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, auteur behind several other smart and…
Taken from his mother at two weeks old, Nim was a chimpanzee raised among humans in an experiment to see if chimpanzees could learn sign language and communicate with humans. Project Nim, a documentary made by the same team that…
After ten years and three of my favorite albums ever, LCD Soundsystem played its last concert on April 2, 2011 in a four-hour extravaganza at Madison Square Garden ("...a marvel of pure craft" - New York magazine; "we may never…
Based on the script alone, I cannot believe Bad Santa (2003) ever got made. It is the darkest and most irreverent take on a Christmas tale I have ever seen. The trailer really doesn't do it justice, partly because Billy…