Rent it now: Christian Bale’s 2007 ‘flop’‘Rescue Dawn’
Christian Bale won the best supporting actor Oscar in 2011 for his fine performance in “The Fighter” but he is even better in a little-seen 2007 film “Rescue Dawn.” The original ad campaign — and even...
View ArticlePaul Mazursky R.I.P. : exploring underrated filmmaker’s work
Film director books presented in a question-and-answer format are often tiresome, and full of obfuscation, but Sam Wasson’s “Paul on Mazursky” (Wesleyan University Press) captures smart talk about the...
View ArticleThe return of ‘Rumble Fish’
I can still vividly recall the booing that erupted after the first screening of “Rumble Fish” at the New York Film Festival in 1983. The audible negative response was shocking to me, not only because I...
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