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FilmJanuary 2, 2009
The Blackboard Jungle
A film about juvenile delinquency left kids dancing in the aisles to devil’s music–Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock”–and the rock ‘n’ roll generation was spawned.
Robert Hatch
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FilmJanuary 2, 2009
Gandhi
Ben Kingsley’s channeled Mohandas Gandhi so deeply that it’s difficult to view pictures of the sainted Indian leader without thinking of the actor.
Robert Hatch
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FilmJanuary 2, 2009
Tootsie
Twenty-five years before Katy Perry, Jessica Lange kisses a girl and it feels good, even if it is Dustin Hoffman.
Robert Hatch
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FilmJanuary 1, 2009
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
A mental institution is the setting for Ken Kesey’s 1962 parable about the power of the state.
Robert Hatch
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FilmDecember 23, 2008
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Steven Spielberg’s imaginary childhood friend brought to life, voiced by an aging actress with a two-pack-a-day cigarette habit.
Robert Hatch
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FilmDecember 22, 2008
Nashville
The quintessential Robert Altman film featured a cast of hundreds and about an equal number of subplots, but who’s complaining?
Robert Hatch
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FilmDecember 22, 2008
Dog Day Afternoon
Sidney Lumet finds the soul of New York City in a bank robbery that goes comically–and tragically–awry.
Robert Hatch
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FilmDecember 19, 2008
Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola fuses Conrad’s Heart of Darkness with the Vietnam war in this sprawling, ambitious film.
Robert Hatch
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FilmDecember 19, 2008
Network
Peter Finch asked all Americans to open their windows and shout, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore.” Excuse us a second…
Robert Hatch
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FilmDecember 18, 2008
Atlantic City
Aging numbers-man Burt Lancaster yearns for the day when even the Atlantic Ocean “was something.”
Robert Hatch