THE FRENCH DISPATCH: QUEL…
Writer-director Wes Anderson enjoys inventing worlds all his own, then inviting his ever-growing community of actors to occupy them…
MALTIN MODERN MASTER: AN…
I’ve been hosting tribute evenings for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival for more than thirty years. They’ve even…
SAVING LOST FILMS, SETTING…
There is a bumper crop of interesting documentaries right now. Some of them play the festival circuit, others get…
‘ISLE OF DOGS’ OFFERS…
It may be the height of redundancy to call a Wes Anderson film eccentric, but that’s the word that…
CRITERION OFFERS MODERN CLASSICS
I tend to associate the Criterion Collection with exemplary releases of classics from Hollywood (like the recent Blu-ray of…
MOVIES THE OSCARS OVERLOOKED
I hate the term “snub.” The idea that Oscar voters gather in a big tent and decide to ostracize…
MUSEUM HONORS ANIMATOR AND…
When I was a kid a strange black & white movie turned up on a local television channel: The…
