REVIEW: ‘The Iceman’ Attempts...

I apologize for reviewing a film that has already been out a few weeks, but I can’t wrap my enthusiasm for anything…

‘Mad Men’ and the Need for...

Last night’s disturbingly hilarious, pitch-perfect episode of Mad Men, entitled The Crash, had me thinking about speed—not the vroom-vroom engine-powered kind, but…

REVIEW: References to Things Past...

A side perk of going to see sneak previews at the Arclight Hollywood is the audience that a particular film will attract,…

Gossip Is Content, Too

A couple of things happen to me when the Cannes Film Festival rolls around and I’m not attending that year. The first…

REVIEW: ‘Gatsby’ Is Apparently...

is a purely creative work — not trashy imaginings as in my stories but the sustained imagination of…

One Man’s Angel Is Another Man�...

The “victory lap” the NRA/ILA took at their convention last week for having defeated the already flimsy gun-control measures in Congress was…

REVIEW: ‘Midnight’s Children’...

One of my stock phrases when I’m asked which writers I admire is, “Salman Rushdie taught me how to write.” Not that…

Love Is… Never Resenting...

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.” — Gore Vidal

I’ve always thought that quotation summed up Vidal to…

REVIEW: Coming of Age with the...

When the credits rolled at the end of Mud and I saw “written and directed by Jeff Nichols,” I said to myself—more…

Crowd Funding Isn’t for Everyone

Filmmakers are quite used to going out and trying to raise funds for our projects.  In fact, we spend an inordinate amount…