Jay Roach’s Austin Powers in Goldmember , from a screenplay by Mr. Myers and Michael McCullers, comes with an admonition from the producers to critics not to reveal the names of the surprise star-cameo participants in the proceedings. Since these provide just about the only laughs in the movie, it would be churlish of me Read More
Dress for depression. The holiday movies are upon us, and from
the picture thus far, the big screen doesn’t promise much ho-ho-ho. In Vanilla Sky , Tom Cruise is a man whose
face has been smashed and burned beyond recognition, then surgically sutured
into a hideously deformed death mask. In A
Beautiful Mind , Russell Read More
Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run combines pleasingly postmodern kinetic energy with exquisitely lyrical romanticism that creeps up on you–even as punk carrot-topped Lola (Franka Potente) runs nonstop through the streets of Berlin to save the life of her drug-dealing boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) after he has botched an exchange of narcotics for money. This isn’t Read More
Judi Dench, you may have heard, is starring in David Hare’s Amy’s View , and nothing could give us greater pleasure than the sight of the Dame herself returning to the New York stage for the first time in 40 years. You must forgive the brevity of this love letter to her, but if I Read More
The theater I’ve found most fun recently is in a film. So here are two or three things I particularly love about that terrific Stoppardian backstage story, Shakespeare in Love .
I’m astonished that Shakespeare could turn out to be Joseph Fiennes. Handsome Mr. Fiennes–brother of refined Ralph–has such a dopey face, if I may Read More
