Articles by James Luscombe

Innocence Paul Cox

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

I'm sure that Innocence, the new film by Australian auteur Paul Cox, will enjoy a lot of good will from critics and audiences simply based...

Robert Altman

Robert Altman

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

The common theory about the quality of Robert Altman's movies is that he does one great one, then a total dud. For every Nashville or Short...

The Yards

James Gray

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

In "The Yards," Mark Wahlberg plays Leo, a laconic, but sensitive guy, fresh out of prison, having served his time for an auto-theft charge...

Traffic

Steven Soderbergh

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Steven Soderbergh's new film, "Traffic," is about the thriving drug trade between Mexico and the U.S., and it's got the scope of an epic (w...

The Tailor of Panama

John Boorman

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Geoffrey Rush ("Quills") and Pierce Brosnan (purveyor of all things Bond) are two actors I've always felt were overrated. Rush is usually f...

The Caveman's Valentine

Kasi Lemmons

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

"The Caveman's Valentine" is a noisy, volatile thriller, more character-driven than most, dominated by a high decibel performance by Samuel...

The Circle

Jafar Panahi

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

"The Circle" is the first Iranian film I've seen that deals with the condition of women in that country, and it probably wasn't even finish...

Karyn Kusama

Karyn Kusama

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Girlfight has a couple of great things going for it: a take-no-prisoners starring performance from newcomer Michelle Rodriguez (she has a t...