When the most noticeable ones aren’t the ones on Vicki Lewis, you know your film’s in trouble.
Does the evolutionary ladder of comic strips inevitably lead to ‘Dilbert’?
Why The X-Files bombs on the big screen.
An unvarnished—and unpretentious—look at lives of quiet desperation.
Before there were special effects, miracles must have been really impressive. Nowadays, people have a critical eye—they want some serious…
An open letter to David Foster Wallace.
Alexander Payne shows Hollywood how comedy was done when it was done right
In which our critic is entirely seduced by Wes Anderson’s new offering.
SIFF celebrates the resurgence of Spanish cinema.
An impotent Powers delivers a flaccid film.
Assessing in advance the biggest and best SIFF to date
Colette Burson on the indignities of censorship.
A conversation with James Kincaid about the meanings of ‘Lolita.’
Tiny but mighty, microcinemas boom in Seattle
After two copulating birds bash into his satellite dish, the blandly handsome Grant develops god-like powers. When he and his…
All the warning signs are there—but thankfully, the cheap and cheesy sentiments never arrive.
All the elements of a cowboy classic—except for plot, character, and story.
A psychologically and culturally complex offering from the animation king.
Implausible characters move moodily through action-less film to pointless conclusion.
Surveying the range of the contemporary essay.
