Nothing to Get Hung Up About
I saw a film today, oh boy: “Across the Universe†is a misguided spectacle, an uneven result of imagination without purpose. It weaves 31 Beatles […]
Articles by David Guzman
The Fastest Sponge in the West
The airdate for “SpongeBob SquarePants – Pest of the West†was April 11, 2008. It turned up on DVD four days later. In that light, […]
When Worlds Collide
The dust jacket for “Incognegro,†written by Mat Johnson, says it’s “a graphic mystery,†which is kind of misleading when you think about it. It […]
Ebert Scrapes the Bottom of the Barrel
Roger Ebert’s “Your Movie Sucks†might be the funniest book of the year: The title alone is worth a good laugh. Ebert’s latest book is […]
Like a Wartime Cowboy
It’s not easy to say that “The Hurt Locker†is a bad film, especially since there are so many things about it that are nearly […]
Army of Shadows
Documentaries like Ken Burns’ “The War†are the reason why we watch television – for material that can enlighten just as easily as it can […]
A Generation Lost in Space
The first thing you see at the New Museum of Contemporary Art during their exhibition of “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus†is a colorful patchwork […]
Requiem for a Friend
Kurt Kuenne’s original intentions for his new documentary, “Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father,” were to explain the death of the […]
Kanye Finds a New Place to Dwell
The only thing more difficult than listening to “808s and Heartbreak” is admitting that it’s scarcely one of Kanye West’s better records. His reach for […]
Divine Secrets of the Coppola Brotherhood
Some might say that “Tetro†is Francis Ford Coppola’s comeback film, although he came out of retirement in 2007 with “Youth Without Youth.†It wouldn’t […]
Leader of the Banned
“Obscene†is the correct title for a documentary about Barney Rosset, a small-time revolutionary who had that word thrown at him so many times that […]