In The Madness of King George, it's not good to be king
By Matt Zoller Seitz,
February 02, 1995
Many people in the court of King George III, the protagonist of a fascinating new British comedy by director Nicholas Hytner, suspected something... More>>
You wouldn't think a frontier family saga that includes sibling rivalry, tragic deaths, illicit longings and searing revenge would make for a... More>>
While Tyrus Raymond Cobb may or may not have been the greatest baseball player of all time, there's no question that he was the meanest player in... More>>
It's not at all surprising that now Susan Sarandon has finally edged away from earthy sexpot roles and begun embracing characters with maternal... More>>
In Nobody's Fool, Paul Newman shows he's not getting older, he's getting better
By Peter Szatmary,
January 19, 1995
In 1986, when Paul Newman finally won an Oscar as best actor, there was some grumbling. It's not so much that people begrudged him the honor.... More>>
Of all the various film genres, the one that's had the least success in recent years is musicals. Why that is, is anyone's guess; it could be... More>>
John Singleton's Higher Learning fails to make the grade
By Matt Zoller Seitz,
January 12, 1995
Writer-director John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood was a triumph of intimate storytelling -- an African-American melodrama set in a bullet-riddled... More>>
Eagle Pennell's advice for independent directors? Fight.
By Peter Szatmary,
January 05, 1995
Until Austin's Rick Linklater created Dazed and Confused, and San Antonio's Robert Rodriguez produced El Mariachi, Houston's Eagle Pennell was... More>>
Director Alan Rudolph no doubt planned for Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle to be a revealing, insightful movie about Dorothy Parker and the... More>>
In Dumb and Dumber, Jim Carrey and his rubber face are shown in top, albeit tortured and contorted, form. This is good news to his legions of... More>>
Robert Altman's Ready to Wear is all dressed up with nowhere to go
By Matt Zoller Seitz,
December 22, 1994
It's quite a compliment to say that an artist's failures are more interesting than most of his colleagues' successes. That description certainly... More>>
Slimmed down and back on top, Robert Altman's having a fine time
By Peter Szatmary,
December 22, 1994
"Oh, this is a stag party," Robert Altman jokes as he enters a room full of male journalists gathered round a table for a Ready to Wear press... More>>
Apolitical and unfunny, Speechless has nothing to say
By Matt Zoller Seitz,
December 15, 1994
There are two kinds of bad movies: actively bad and passively bad. An actively bad one can prove perversely enjoyable. You sit there gazing up at... More>>
Drop Zone is an action movie with the requisite good guys and bad guys, zap and pow and ostensibly witty tough talk, and all of that ordinary... More>>
For several years now, I've wondered if I simply didn't get the movies of Krzysztof Kieslowski, the Polish filmmaker who specializes in fare so... More>>
Though hooey on harassment, Disclosure knows how to entertain
By Matt Zoller Seitz,
December 08, 1994
Adapted from Michael Crichton's bestseller about sexual harassment and office intrigue in a high tech Seattle computer company, Disclosure is a... More>>
Adolescent girls, murder, a kingdom of dreams: these are the ties that bind
By Matt Zoller Seitz,
December 01, 1994
Peter Jackson might be the boldest English-language director working today -- or at least the boldest whose films are seen by almost no one. His... More>>
The stylish Last Seduction boasts a femme fatale to die for
By Peter Szatmary,
December 01, 1994
You might not have noticed it, but in the last six months, the leading ranks of American film directors has grown by one. John Dahl is the most... More>>
