Steven Spielberg: The Color Purple

With the racist inanity of Temple of Doom weighing on his shoulders, Spielberg decided to tackle his first fully serious subject, moving aw...

Louie — "Pilot" & "Poker/Divorce"

Recently, I considered starting a series in which I highlight various artists that I love, to primarily focus outside of film (and likely te...

Blow-Up

Michelangelo Antonioni takes so many risks with his first English-language feature, Blow-Up , that one wonders if he chuckled to himself as ...

Jonah Hex

As is befitting its mangled protagonist, Jonah Hex is the cinematic equivalent of the winner of one of those Ugliest Dog competitions. It i...

Two-Lane Blacktop

Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop is the king of the existential road movies, though it stands apart from its brethren. Unlike such cul...

L'Avventura

The title of Michelangelo Antonioni's breakthrough feature, L'Avventura , translates to "The Adventure," an ironic header...

Toy Story 3

About a month ago, I received an email from a reporter for RTE, Irish national radio, asking -- to my complete surprise -- for an interview ...

Brian De Palma: Sisters

After the quickly buried and forgotten Get to Know Your Rabbit , Brian De Palma must have felt vindicated for all the pithy anti-commercial ...