Popdose: Hugo

Christopher Lee has something for Hugo (Asa Butterfield) as Martin Scorsese attempts a 3D family film. It won't bite you.

Popdose: Criterions for Sale

The Barnes & Noble sale is on again...and off again tomorrow. Get 'em while you can.

Popdose: On Marty Feldman

A new bio shows that there was more to the comic than met the eyes.

Popdose: An Open Letter to Al Pacino

Don't hang up, Al. We need to talk about these movies of yours. The new ones, not Dog Day Afternoon.

Popdose: Horrors

As Halloween ebbs a torrent of DVDs and Blu-rays to scream about. And a photo of my favorite lil ghost to go with it.

New York Theater News: Sons of the Prophet

Can't quite figure out the rave reviews for this one, but at least it wasn't written by an actor or a screenwriter. Too much of that around.

Live Design: Man and Boy

Back to Broadway with Frank Langella, and a revival of Lemon Sky Off.

Popdose: At the New York Film Festival

Witnessing A Separation, experiencing Melancholia, and feeling Shame.

The Popdose Interview: Max Allan Collins

A chat with the prolific co-author of The Consummata, his latest collaboration with Mickey Spillane--dead five years and still going strong.

Popdose: Double De Palma

Back to back posts? Indeed. And a double bill of Brian De Palma on Blu-ray. Say hello to these little friends!

Popdose: Notes on Current Movies

Yes, the time slipped away, again. Sigh. But I'm back, reviewing Moneyball, Drive (pictured), and The Debt for Popdose. And I never go away entirely, as you can see by checking my Facebook and Twitter feeds. Look for me there and say hello, won't you?

Popdose: Contagion

Catch it.

Cineaste: Fall issue interviews

The Fall issue is up, and there's plenty to browse, including the online portion of our incredible film preservation symposium. But if I may call your attention to two pieces: an interview with Guillermo del Toro and Guy Pearce about their new film Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, and another chat with the inimitable Malcolm McDowell. By me.

Popdose: Problems with The Help

I'm not all smiles over the top-grossing adaptation.

Popdose: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Bailee Madison is going to need a bigger flashlight to scare off unwelcome houseguests in a shivery remake, co-produced and co-written by Guillermo del Toro. Look for my interview with him and star Guy Pearce on the Cineaste website, posting soon.

Popdose: The Big Lebowski on Blu-ray

The Dude abides.

Popdose: Sucker Punch on Blu-ray

Where I discuss the tight-skirted, zeppelin-flying babes of Zack Snyder's folly, and eventually critique the disc.

Popdose: Sondheim sounds off

"You can drive a person crazy..." So with the gang I look into what's driving the composer crazy about the revisal of Porgy and Bess that's coming our way this season.

Cineaste: Bellflower

My review of a compelling, weird, lovable, nutso indie, opening Aug. 5.

The Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark microsite

Live Design magazine is spinning a web on the web, telling the tale of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark from the design team's perspective via a specially created microsite brimming with my (ahem) "ace reportage." Take the plunge and have a look.