The film plods at points, trudging along, and there are a few misguided narrative "devices" tacked on, but still, "Trial by Fire" bristles with anger.
A work of pop cinema so blissfully, albeit brutally, entertaining that you come out of it feeling even more resentful of its multiplex neighbors for…
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
An article about the reissue of "Two Weeks in the Midday Sun."
An article about Champ Clark's one-act play,"Wild Son: The Testimony of Christian Brando," currently running at Santa Monica Playhouse through May 26th, performed by John…
An article about the reissue of "Two Weeks in the Midday Sun."
Return now to those thrilling days of yesteryear.
One of our foreign correspondents looks at Cold War.
A Far Flung Correspondent takes a look at the Paul Newman classic The Hustler.
Werner Herzog, newcomer Michael Angelo Covino, and Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz offer very different, very peculiar meditations on family.
A dispatch on new films by the Dardennes and Celine Sciamma.
The Hidden (1987)
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John Masterson
* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist’s work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
