To Catch a Thief To Catch a Thief
As Woody Allen awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into Jackie Gleason.
Jun 1, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Village Idiots, Then & Now Village Idiots, Then & Now
To watch Lars von Trier's The Idiots is to see a dead dog rise and howl at the moon.
May 11, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Circus Minimus Circus Minimus
According to Gibbon, the emperor Commodus spent the early years of his reign "in a seraglio of three hundred beautiful women and as many boys, of every rank and of every province...
May 3, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
On Tyson vs. Downey On Tyson vs. Downey
I was watching Mike Tyson knock Robert Downey Jr. to the floor when the thought popped into my head, "Is this what I want from a movie?" It was a pressing question.
Apr 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Final Cut on Final Solution? Final Cut on Final Solution?
Since you presumably know the basics about the Holocaust--if you don't, I would suggest that a movie review is no place to learn them--I will jump to the main question about The ...
Apr 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Semper Fi, But Why? Semper Fi, But Why?
Were I to tell you that Rules of Engagement features a protracted fistfight between Samuel L.
Apr 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
He Took a Village He Took a Village
In the role of New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell--source and subject alike of Joe Gould's Secret--Stanley Tucci adopts the hesitant drawl of a displaced Southern aristocrat, who ...
Apr 5, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Legionnaire’s Disease Legionnaire’s Disease
If you squint long enough at Claire Denis's amazing Beau Travail--you'll have to squint, given the African sunlight--you will make out the faint contour of a story.
Mar 30, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Pigeons Home to Roost Pigeons Home to Roost
Star vehicle?
Mar 22, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Runaway Shops Runaway Shops
Remember those great scenes in Blues Brothers 2000 that evoked the urban grit and soul of southside Chicago and Joliet? Well, sorry.
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Marc Cooper