(I've also included some of my early TONY reviews, from the days before
they were available on the website. Anything dating from 1998 or 1999 was
likely edited without my input; in particular, I am not responsible for
the horrifically lame final sentence of the Hi-Life review. You'll
also find below a few alternative reviews from 2000, when I was still
heroically attempting to write separate reviews for the mag and the site;
generally these are either much expanded [e.g., High Fidelity] or
considerably less sarcastic [e.g., Waking the Dead].)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1999)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Alice (1988)
Amadeus (1984)
An American in Paris (1951)
Apocalypse Now (1979, Redux version)
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
Band of Outsiders (1964)
Barfly (1987)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Bay of Angels (1963)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Black Moon (1975)
Blood Simple (1984)
Boiling Point (1990)
Breathless (1959)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Bullitt (1968)
Candyman (1992)
Cape Fear (1991)
Casablanca (1942)
Chaos (1999)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
The Conversation (1974)
Damnation Alley (1977)
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dead Alive (1992)
Deep Red (1975)
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
Diabolique (1955)
Dinosaur (equally sarcastic, different gimmick)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Dog Star Man (1964)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, 20th Anniversary Edition)
Eyes Without a Face (1959)
Fellini Satyricon (1970)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
The Fisher King (1991)
Fistful of Dollars (1964)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Funny Girl (1968)
Galapagos (IMAX short)
Genevieve (1953)
The General (1926)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Gladiator (expanded version)
Harakiri (1962)
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Head (1968)
High Fidelity (expanded version)
Hi-Life (1998)
I Vitelloni (1953)
if.... (1968) [third viewing, Dec 2011]
Il Posto (1961)
The Image (1975)
Inside/Out (1997)
Insignificance (1985)
Investigation of a Citizen Under Suspicion (1970)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Jabberwocky (1977)
Jean de Florette (1986)
Jeanne Dielman--23, Quai du Commerce--1080 Bruxelles
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Kuroneko (1968)
L'Age d'Or (1930)
Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
The Last Waltz (1978)
The Last Wave (1977)
Legend (1985)
The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
Life of Brian (1979)
Little Fugitive (1953)
Macbeth (1971)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
A Man Escaped (1956)
Manhunter (1986)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
A Married Woman (1964)
Me Myself I (less sarcastic version)
Medea (1988)
Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) [cowritten with Vern]
The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993)
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (1975)
My Best Fiend (1999)
Naked (1993)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
New York, New York (1977)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Non-Stop (1996)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Obsession (1976)
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
Pale Flower (1964)
Paris, Texas (1984)
People on Sunday (1930)
Pépé le Moko (1937)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Platform (2000)
The Producers (1967)
Pusher (1996)
Ran (1985)
The Red Circle (1970)
Revenge (1990)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Rook (1994)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
Scanners (1981)
Scarface (1983)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
The Seven Samurai (1954)
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (1999)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Stand-In (1999)
The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
Stolen Desire (1958)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Strike [1925]
The Stunt Man (1980)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Sweetie (1989)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Taps (1981)
Ten Benny (1998)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
3 Women (1977)
Timecode (less sarcastic version)
Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX short)
The Trial (1962)
23rd Psalm Branch (1967)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Umberto D. (1952) [ideas swiped from Victor J. Morton, with permission]
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Vera Cruz (1954)
Videodrome (1983)
Violent Cop (1989)
Virus (1999)
Waking the Dead (less sarcastic version)
The Well (1997)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1983)
Miscellany
David Mamet overview (pegged to video release of The Spanish Prisoner)
Snide article about Fine Line's decision to rename Une liaison pornographique
2000 Toronto Film Festival report
2000 Thessaloniki Film Festival report
Joke review of a colleague's home movie (helps to read whole feature)
2001 Berlin Film Festival report
Review of Chuck Palahniuk's novel Choke (written under a pseudonym)
Incoherent rant about the evils of digital video
Nick Hornby interview (written under a pseudonym)
2001 Toronto Film Festival report
An appreciation of Tom Wilkinson's performance in In the Bedroom
Overview of the "Film Comment Selects" series at the Walter Reade
Leonard Maltin interview
2002 Cannes Film Festival report
2002 Toronto Film Festival report (pretty lame)
New York Film Festival preview
2003 Rotterdam festival report
2003 Toronto Film Festival report
An overview of the 2003 screener-ban debate