Amazing Grace

It is not a particularly original or even, necessarily, interesting observation that marriage, like other symbiotic relationships, is often a matter of complementary pathologies. Or what would be pathologies if they were found in an individual. Benoit Jacquot (A Single Girl, The Disenchanted) has given us a portrait of such a marriage—and not much hope…

A visually impressive retelling of this much-retold tale but one which leaves something to be desired dramatically and morally

Rounders directed by John Dahl is wish-fulfilment fantasy of a different sort from that of Let’s Talk About Sex. This is the fantasy of cool, and it is paradoxical that the hottest new stars seem to compete to out-cool each other. Needless to say, this loving cultivation of image has little or nothing to do…

James Cameron”s latest record-breaker is a triumph of the new, video-game arts but a grievous defeat for the Western mimetic tradition

A parable or fairy tale of social renewal from the master cinematic chronicler of the Urban Haute Bourgeoisie

Disney once again offers teenagers just what they want — fantasy wish-fulfilment.