By Andrew Sarris 4/21/03 12:00am

Glorious Wreck Nick Nolte Makes Off With The Good Thief

Neil Jordan’s The Good Thief , from his own screenplay, inspired by Jean-Pierre Melville’s Bob Le Flambeur (1955), has been compared favorably with such caper flicks as Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and Frank Oz’s The Score (2001). By contrast, The Good Thief has been compared unfavorably with such acknowledged caper classics as John Huston’s Read More

By Rex Reed 9/27/99 12:00am

Watching Books Become Movies

Cannes has beaches, Venice has gondolas, New York has bagels. But at the 24th Toronto International Film Festival, it was obvious that this city has everything. With more movies, more parties and more stars than any other film festival in the world, it’s easy to see why the town everyone calls “New York With Windex” Read More