"a game that captivates and frustrates us in all the right ways" Each new generation takes over the mantle of…
George Wu
George Wu holds a masters degree in cinema studies from NYU. He eats, drinks, and sleeps movies. Fortunately, he lives in New York City, the best place in the country for disorders of this type. He also works on the occasional screenplay when inspiration strikes, but his muses don't slap him around enough.
Samira Makhmalbaf first came to prominence with her first film, The Apple, which she made when she was only 17….
Hell House is a documentary about Dallas’ Pentecostal Trinity Church and the controversial haunted house that it puts on each…
Talk to Her opens with a scene from Pina Bausch’s Cafe Muller.Two older women (one of them Bausch herself) in…
Personal Velocity opens with a lyrical, impressionistic credit sequence of little girls on swings. Music that plays like a variation…
Despite creating works that have equally pleased and frustrated differing viewers, Claire Denis can now count herself as one of…
For those wondering whether Punch-Drunk Love is a Paul Thomas Anderson movie or an Adam Sandler movie, the answer is…
Bob Crane was a sex addict. That’s all one needs to know to understand why Paul Schrader would be interested…
Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov is an art film heavyweight lauded by critics for daring to bore them. In most cases,…
Gayatri Chatterjee’s history and analysis of the film Mother India A handful of films make up the Bollywood canon of…
There is little doubt that the United States has grown more conservative in recent years. That has very much been…
Despite the soaring popularity of Jackie Chan and Jet Li in the past decade, Bruce Lee, or “Little Dragon” as…
Skin of Man, Heart of Beast wears its title on its sleeve. Three brothers, who live with their widowed elderly…
The 33-year old Margaret Cho is easily recognizable because she’s not only the rare successful female stand-up comedian but is…