What must life be like for American indie wunderkind Richard Kelly? His debut film, Donnie Darko, was just the right mix of layered story and pop culture, of sentiment and silly, that made it an instant classic. In its wake, everything he puts his hand to seems undercooked. His 2007 effort Southland Tales was a […]
Drew Barrymore has had a substantial film career for most of her 34 years. Barrymore’s strength is in her entrepreneur spirit, as well as her acting. Her production company, Flower Films, has been responsible for some fine films over the years (including Donnie Darko), and with Whip It, we see her blossom in to a […]
Director Steven Soderbergh (sex, lies & videotape, Ocean’s Eleven, Erin Brockovich) has long been obsessed with liars and conman, and in The Informant! tackles the real life subject of Mark Whitacre, an FBI-sponsored whistle-blower whose own deception complicated the progress of an investigation into corporate corruption in the global food industry. If it doesn’t sound […]
Michael Moore enjoys unprecedented success as a documentarian and these days his films are treated by film distributors as they would a big Hollywood film. His latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story, marks his twentieth anniversary as a filmmaker asking big business to answer for themselves. There is a delicious element to the way he […]
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