Fletch
March 31, 1985 | With Fletch, an immensely enjoyable comedy-thriller based on Gregory McDonald’s crackerjack novel, Chevy Chase incontestably establishes his star power in the best role of his career:…
The Unbelievable Truth
August 31, 1990 | It takes a few minutes for the audience to make out just what The Unbelievable Truth is all about. At first, we see a stoic young man,…
The Indian Runner
November 22, 1991 | Joe Roberts (David Morse) is the good brother. Without him saying a word about it, you know — you just know — he didn’t ask for the role,…
House of Games
October 11, 1987 | Dr. Margaret Ford is a renowned psychiatrist, author of the best-selling Driven: Compulsion and Obsession in Everyday Life. She knows whereof she writes: A single-minded, chain-smoking workaholic,…
I Like It Like That
October 14, 1994 | Chances are very good you will like I Like It Like That, a fresh and vivacious comedy-drama that signals the arrival of an extremely promising filmmaker.…
Miami Blues
April 20, 1990 | Miami Blues is a bracingly potent brew of ferociously funny black comedy and gritty-as-gravel cop-and-killer thriller. Don’t be misled by the whimsical tone of the advertising campaign,…
High and Low
September 26, 1986 | For moviegoers who associate Akira Kurosawa only with the teeming majesty of Ran and Kagemusha, or the kinetic adventure of The Hidden Fortress and Seven Samurai,…
The Immortal Akira Kurosawa
The Belcourt Theater in Nashville and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will present Kurosawa retrospectives in August 2025. Throughout much of his life in his native Japan, Akira Kurosawa…
Pomp, Polanksi & Paranoia: Remembering Cannes 1986
Some folks were afraid terrorists would strike. Others were suspicious that the fix was in. May 22, 2025 | “So how come Rambo isn’t coming here, eh?” The question, posed…
Fruitvale Station
July 19, 2013 | Although he has a real-life story of relatively recent vintage to tell in Fruitvale Station – one that, in light of the Trayvon Martin killing and its…