James Toback

Blogs
November 30, 2011
Prisoners of Sex: 10 Movie Womanizers, from the Sick to the Sublime
The movies are full of bed-hopping men -- think of Humphrey Bogart's serial flirtations in The Big Sleep (1946), and Richard Roundtree laying his way uptown and down in Shaft (1971). But in Steve McQueen's Shame, slated to open in Houston December 16, womanizing is not just an outgrowth of the plot ... More >>
Film
May 7, 2009
Sucker Punch
With a blunt and searching Iron Mike, Tyson delivers asurprisingly powerful blow.
News
April 9, 2009
Boxing, Sex and Madness
Mike Tyson's many personalities are on display in James Toback's new documentary.
Blogs
April 8, 2009
Mike Tyson: Back In Our Hearts Again?
Photo by Kevin ScanlonMike Tyson's had an...ummm....interesting life. Winning the heavyweight title, getting convicted of rape, biting guy's ears off, making $300 million over his career but going bankrupt, being the basis for The Simpsons' Drederick Tatum.It's a full life.And now it's being examine ... More >>
Film
May 22, 2008
A Polish auteur -- and Mike Tyson! -- stage comebacks at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
Film
August 9, 2007
The Popcorn King
Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway.
Film
August 18, 2005
Follow the Music
A brash realtor rediscovers the piano in a gripping French remake
Film
September 23, 2004
Indecent Disposal
James Toback wastes an uninhibited Neve on a cheesy Adrian Lyne rip-off
Film
December 28, 2000
Better in Pairs
Generally a letdown, the year in film offered some well-crafted works that are best viewed as double features
Film
April 6, 2000
Mixmaster
Director James Toback crosses racial, gender and class lines in the gracefully gritty Black and White
Film
April 23, 1998
Promiscuous Prudes
James Toback's startling new film dives into the messy mindlessness of sex