Live and let live, we say. But with a staff as large as filmcritic.com’s, you’ve got to be prepared for some difference in opinion. The missiles went flying over Thirteen Days, and signals were crossed on Mulholland Drive (in fact,…
Eight years ago, Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) inadvertently killed Santa Claus. Ever since, he’s worn the bright red suit himself, delivering countless toys and goodies to children all over the world on one special night a year. This Christmas, however,…
RACHEL GORDON: I look forward to the New York Film Festival, especially because the past couple of years have brought some strong work enough recognition to get theatrical releases, or gave more attention to deserving filmmakers who would otherwise be…
There are a couple of things you may want to know about the guys behind the madcap comedy, Welcome to Collinwood. First, William H. Macy, one of the film’s top-notch ensemble players, is the nice fella you think he is,…
More than 30 years after the music festival that put Woodstock, New York, on the map, people don’t know what to make of this small town in the Catskills. It doesn’t help that the actual events of 1969 took place…
‘I truly believe there is not another actor on the face of the earth who could have done this role, and certainly not to his level of expertise,’ claims director Kevin Donovan of Jackie Chan in the upcoming film The…
It’s tough to get excited about a film festival when it exists in the shadow of a more powerful, upper echelon celebration — namely, the overwhelming Toronto Film Festival — but when screenings and ceremonies are interrupted by the most…
The Business of Fancydancing, like Sherman Alexie’s writing, challenges audiences to negotiate multiple identities, to deal with an intersection of struggles. The film marks Alexie’s debut as director, a role that he came to after wading through the frustrating process…
Fifty years after its release, you would think Donald O’Connor would get tired of talking about Singin’ in the Rain, the legendary 1952 musical that cast him alongside Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. We chatted with O’Connor on the eve…
The particular dynamic that makes the Telluride Film Festival — held each Labor Day weekend — so special is the combination of filmmakers and film lovers gathered together in a dramatic alpine setting to observe an eclectic mix of the…
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