A Black Dog Named Fred Cries for Doomed Bull in Carnage

Delphine Gleize, the writer-director of Carnage , is 30 years old and in full command of her medium. She has already made five short films to growing acclaim at international film festivals and in her native France; this is her first full-length feature film. And I must admit, I’ve never seen a film quite like Read More

John Frankenheimer’s Reindeer Games Is Anything But Boring

One Foggy Christmas Eve

John Frankenheimer is back in the saddle, roping in more excitement than the screen can hold. Reindeer Games is not great Frankenheimer. It is flawed and overly contrived and shot in a series of nostril-pumping close-ups that deprive the cinematic process of all the great things it can reveal for an Read More