Breaking Away (1979)

An interesting French film that plays around with movie-stereotypes of the police, though it could do more to subvert them

In real life, recovery from addiction is a great and inspiring thing; in the movies not so much

A touching documentary portrait of a not-quite tragic fall from what passes these days for greatness

Addicted to Love, written by Robert Gordon and directed by Griffin Dunne has its moments of humor but it never really seems to understand the seriousness of the issue it is playing with. This is the issue of revenge. Maggie (Meg Ryan) has been dumped by Anton (Tcheky Karyo), who has since moved on to…

Andrew Dominik’s Chopper, which tells the story—more or less—of a true-life Australian criminal-hero called Mark “Chopper” Read (Eric Bana), attempts to make its mark, and to a considerable extent does so, as a fascinating study of raw masculinity. Chopper got his nickname by cutting his own ears off while in prison in order to get…

A typical bit of buffoonish performance art from Michael Moore, yet thousands will mistake it for serious political thought