Articles by James Luscombe

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  Simone

  Andrew Niccol

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  The premise of Simone seems quite fresh, even though, if you really think about it, Singin' in the Rain had more or less the same setup. Al...

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  Capturing the Friedmans

  Andrew Jarecki

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  At first glance, the Friedmans looked like a normal, happy, well-adjusted middleclass family from Great Neck, Long Island. Arnold, the nebb...

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  Elephant

  Gus Van Sant

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Elephant, the new film by Gus Van Sant, is spare and austere, full of long tracking shots of the mundane comings and goings of a series of...

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  A Problem with Fear

  Gary Burns

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Emily Hampshire’s performance in A Problem with Fear is a stunner — as funny, cartoon-ish and wholly original as Mira Sorvino&#...

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  Napoleon Dynamite

  Jared Hess

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Napoleon Dynamite is more than a nerd — he's the literal embodiment of the term; he's the eternal nerd. The jocks at his Preston, Idaho sch...

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  Mary

  Abel Ferrara

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Abel Ferrara has never made a secret of his own tortured relationship with Catholicism. He's the angry, unruly counterpart to Martin Scorse...

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  Caché

  Michael Haneke

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Georges and Anne are your classic Paris bourgeois couple. As played by Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche, they're the kind of wealthy, de...

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  Stealth

  Rob Cohen

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  Most of Stealth takes place in the sky, but it certainly doesn't soar. There are many shots of computer-generated fighter jets bobbing and...