Articles by James Luscombe

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  21 Grams

  Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  The first 20 minutes of 21 Grams is so disjunctive and anti-intuitive, I felt like I was being beaten into submission by a bratty director...

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  Mystic River

  Clint Eastwood

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  Clint Eastwood directed Mystic River and after some recent workmanlike films, to his credit he helms this one like he's possessed by the ma...

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  Ten

  Abbas Kiarostami

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2003

  Ten, the new film by Abbas Kiarostami, is the most pedantic film he's made, and that's not just because of the rigid structure (ten sequenc...

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  Phone Booth

  Joel Schumacher

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003

  A victim of unfortunate timing last fall, Phone Booth, a lean, mean thriller that revolves around a sniper threat, finally has a release da...

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  The Good Thief

  Neil Jordan

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003

  Neil Jordan's The Good Thief takes place within the thrumming nightlife of the south of France, all neon lit bars and smoky backrooms. Nick...

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  Irreversible

  Gaspar Noé

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003

  Told in reverse order, Gaspar Noé's new film Irreversible is about narrative. And it's about memory. And the sick joke at the heart of this...

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  Yardsale

  Sweet Pea

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2001

  The new CD from Vancouver's Yardsale begins with the line, "Hockey cut, big-ass truck/Dog in the back chewin' on a hat," which hardly sound...

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  Hanif

  Eternity Will Last a Long, Long Time

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  Apparently, the Swedish band Hanif emerged in the mid-'90s out of the Gothenburg alt-country scene. First I had to wrap my mind around the...