Articles by Rob Carson

The Manchurian Candidate

Jonathan Demme

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

What was the point of remaking John Frankenheimer's 1962 classic The Manchurian Candidate? The original, a deeply-layered political thrille...

Richard III

Laurence Olivier

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

Olivier's other two Shakespeare films — Henry V (1944) and Hamlet (1948) — stand as major landmarks in film history, in Shakespearean histo...

The Kids in the Hall: Complete Season 1 1989-1990

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

Even though the Comedy Network is now airing reruns of The Kids in the Hall ten times a week, it's great to have access to the full first s...

Masked and Anonymous

Larry Charles

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

Last summer, most critics dismissed this strange film — written by Bob Dylan and Larry Charles, and starring Dylan alongside John Goodman,...

The Beatles

The First U.S. Visit

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

When the Beatles invaded the U.S. in 1964, Granada TV hired Albert and David Maysles to document all the kerfuffle for audiences back in En...

Bob Dylan

Live 1964 — Bootleg Series Vol. 6

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

"It’s just Halloween,” Bob Dylan announces to the Philharmonic Hall on Oct. 31, 1964 — "I have my Bob Dylan mask on.” But in fact what we h...

Solomon Burke

Don't Give Up On Me

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

Don't Give Up On Me is another cool hybrid experiment from Fat Possum. Solomon Burke, one of the most criminally under-appreciated soul sin...

Brian Wilson

Presents Pet Sounds Live

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

I expected this to suck. Given how disappointing and sterile Brian Wilson's various comeback recordings have been over the past 15 years, I...