Remember the Night (1940)

An entertaining romp very much in the familiar style, and with the familiar wit, of its author, Wes Anderson — though no more than that

Saving Grace, written by Craig Ferguson and Mark Crowdy and directed by Nigel Cole, I found a surprisingly charming and thoroughly entertaining film until about three quarters of the way through, when it lapsed into a tired druggy fantasy that made the rest of the thing look bad retrospectively. I think the key to making…

It used to be said of anything that sounded overwrought and over-writerly that it “smelled of the lamp” — because the author was supposed to have had to stay up late to think of all the labored and artificial expressions he uses. Trixie, directed and co-written (with John Binder) by Alan Rudolph doesn’t just smell…

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

Cynical satirist Kevin Smith tries One From the Heart — with predictably dire results

A throwback to the days when Hollywood went in for moralism, this movie is marred by its treatment of mental illness