When Tough Guys Ruled The Cinema-Episode Seven: The Hustler
The first time America really saw Paul Newman was in “The Hustler.†The only hit he’d starred in before that was “Cat on a Hot […]
Articles by David Guzman
Never Can Say ‘Goodbye’
The funny thing about “Goodbye Solo†is that although it’s wonderfully revealing, all the information we get about everybody in this movie is pretty scarce. […]
A Gay Ole Time
The hero of “Brüno†comes all the way from Austria, where the phrase “tone it down†apparently isn’t too popular. You’d think a gay guy […]
Bored to ‘Tears’
It took Dario Argento 30 years to complete his “Three Mothers†trilogy with the third film, “Mother of Tears.” It was through those years that […]
When Hunger Strikes
Devoted “Aqua Teen Hunger Force†fans expect their favorite animated superheroes to be campy, cheap and crude…but we also expect them to be funny. Although […]
Good Mourning, America
George A. Romero’s latest film, “Diary of the Dead†is the fifth in a series of gory thrillers that started with “Night of the Living […]
Heaven Help Us All
Only a comedy troupe as tasteless as Monty Python could have made “Life of Brian,†a film where literacy coexists with vulgarity. A lot of […]
The Miseducation of Kanye West
“Graduation†is Kanye West’s third album. The other two, “The College Dropout†and “Late Registration,†are both laying on the desk as I write this. […]
A Fine Bromance
Even though sex comedies are a dime a dozen, “Humpday†is more mature than most of the ones that turn up in theaters. That probably […]
Pieces of Miro
The Museum of Modern Art might be the wrong place for “Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937,†merely because most of their collection represents artists […]
Look What the Wind Blew In
“The Mist” is based on a Stephen King novella from “Skeleton Crew,” a collection of short stories that sold millions of copies. The book includes […]