Sabrina doesn't mimic the old Hollywood feel, it revives it
By Joe Leydon,
December 14, 1995
Perhaps the very best fairy tales are those that allow for the possibility that, sometimes, Prince Charming gets lost along the way and doesn't... More>>
John Travolta shines again in an intriguing, if uneven, look at race in America
By Joe Leydon,
December 07, 1995
In the parallel universe of White Man's Burden, things really aren't all that different from what they are in the real world. America continues... More>>
John Boorman's new film has some, uh, interesting color tones
By Edith Sorenson,
August 31, 1995
Beyond Rangoon has the style of John Boorman's signature films -- it's lovely to look at but ultimately uninteresting, like The Emerald Forest or... More>>
Larry Clark's Kids is an unsettling exercise in cheap sensationalism
By Joe Leydon,
August 31, 1995
Kids is a cunning little art-house fraud that has somehow managed to impress a good number of people who should know a great deal better. Ever... More>>
Clive Barker may not appear on the bestseller lists as often or as prominently as Stephen King, but there are many devotees -- chief among them... More>>
With 125 million well-thumbed copies in circulation, the Baby-sitters Club books are a trusted series whose stories of seven adolescent girls and... More>>
Desperado hits the bull's-eye with a fusillade of bullets
By Joe Leydon,
August 24, 1995
There's a scene about two-thirds of the way through Robert Rodriguez's Desperado where the stylish villain of the piece, a white-suited drug lord... More>>
A glance at the names associated with Like Water for Chocolate director Alfonso Arau's big budget filmic fable A Walk in the Clouds is enough to... More>>
Two new films take on the issues, but only one entertains with its answers
By Edith Sorenson,
August 17, 1995
Dangerous Minds and Jeffrey come shining onto the big screen secure of a certain success based on their high-minded and topical subject matter.... More>>
Discussing 1993's year in movies, veteran Hollywood scriptwriter William Goldman -- who wrote the screenplays for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance... More>>
Wings of Courage is a grand, if failed, IMAX experiment
By Tim Carman,
July 27, 1995
The very technology that makes IMAX 3D so lifelike is the same technology that makes it a barren vehicle for dramatic films. For every frame in... More>>
A documentary tale of Tiananmen Square makes art of history
By Joe Leydon,
July 27, 1995
Whether he's following the fictional adventures of a modern-day wild child in Nell, or casting a sympathetic eye at a real-life rock star on the... More>>
The Indian in the Cupboard is as matter-of-fact and mysterious as its title
By Matt Zoller Seitz,
July 20, 1995
The Indian in the Cupboard is an oasis of calm amid the glitzy din of summer. It rarely shouts when it can whisper. Like the fairy tales of the... More>>
This is an announcement to all the concerned parents who believe that Fox Network's brain-dead TV fistfest Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is part... More>>
Being in the presence of madness has an undeniable fascination, and this weird kick is part of the strength of Crumb, Terry Zwigoff's documentary... More>>
