Philadelphia Story, The
[See “Entry from July 2, 2008” under “My Diary”]
Discover more from James Bowman
Subscribe to get the latest posts to your email.
[See “Entry from July 2, 2008” under “My Diary”]
Subscribe to get the latest posts to your email.
Roman Polanski makes a political movie for the people — unfortunately, there are a lot of them, particularly in Europe — whose politics are just like his
The language is too modern and miracles are a little bit cheesy, but the biggest miracle of all is that such a reverent treatment of the life of Christ ever got made into a movie
Chasing Amy is another slacker movie and thus another piece of redundant evidence that America has become far richer than is good for it. Boys the age of this film’s director, Kevin Smith, whose earlier efforts are Clerks and Mall Rats, ought to be doing their army basic training, or serving as apprentices at some…
A trip down memory lane to those dim and distant days before September 11th when everyone in Hollywood knew that America’s armed services were manned by criminals and psychopaths
Roman Polanski always makes you want to watch what he is doing on the screen, but The Ninth Gate shows that he is hopeless when it comes to story-telling. This story is a mess, even if you allow for the fact that it is all about Satanism and witchcraft and conjuring up the devil and…