The End. Sooner or later we had to come to this. The final film, the final battle, the final goodbyes. It almost instantly became a year-end tradition: a week before Christmas, you got an early…
Date Archives October 2005
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
Hunter S. Thompson aka Raoul Duke is driving his convertible across America, from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Thompson’s a writer who lived through the Great Acid Years of San Francisco and is still buzzing…
Les Choristes
This remake of the 1945 Jean Dréville film “La Cage aux Rossignols” was seen by more than 7 million moviegoers in France, making it the biggest French hit of the year. It’s no surprise: rarely…
MAN ON THE MOON
Andy Kaufman is a very particular showbiz phenomenon. He was a legend who inspired a whole generation of comics, yet he never really got the mainstream recognition he deserved. That is until today, with the…
The Salton Sea
Drug flicks have almost evolved into a genre of their own. Filthy apartments and strung out punks are practically familiar things now, and I bet even the squarest, most white-bread moviegoers have gained a pretty…
DEAD MAN WALKING
Death penalty is one of the most controversial issues there are. To make a movie fair to both ways of thought, without taking any side and letting the audience make its own mind is an…