School Daze
What was “The College Dropout†– rapper Kanye West’s breakthrough album – if not an example of how wonderful hip-hop can be in the right […]
Articles by David Guzman
‘Dynamite’ at the Multiplex
Not only did Michael Jai White help write the script for “Black Dynamite,†a fond joke aimed directly at the era of blaxploitation films of […]
Motown Milks Michael
Many of the remixes on “Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite†are guilty of an all-too-common sin: Instead of approaching Jackson’s vast anthology of Motown recordings […]
Lock ‘Bronson’ Up and Throw Away the Key
It’s a shame that Tom Hardy’s performance in “Bronson†doesn’t have an adequate story to contain it. Although Hardy manages to hit all the right […]
Get Your ‘Hair’ Did
For all of the spirit Chris Rock brings to “Good Hair,†a documentary about the lengths black women in America will go to for luxurious […]
The Russians Are Coming
“Battleship Potemkin†is a dynamic achievement, a film that represents the primitive greatness of the silent era. Audiences were electrified when it opened in 1925: […]
An Actress Prepares
Uta Hagen’s “Respect for Acting†is a guide disguised as a memoir, meant to seduce with anecdotes rather than attack with facts. At 54, Hagen […]
Why So ‘Serious’?
The wrath of God takes many forms in “A Serious Man,†the most subtle of which is a bill collector who calls the movie’s hero […]
Fear of a Bot Planet
“Surrogates†is the kind of movie where people start walking out of the theater right after the climax, without a care in the world about […]
Fears on my Pillow
Every film in the “Nightmare on Elm Street†series was already available on DVD before New Line Home Video reissued them a while ago, but […]
Drop Dead, Freddy
It’s anyone’s guess whether the upcoming remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street†will be any good, but the parts that are in the trailer […]