Articles by Travis Mackenzie Hoover

The Boss of It All

Lars von Trier

PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2007

Danish terror Lars von Trier once again turns his attention to superficial formal innovation, this time with a computer program that determ...

Fred Claus

David Dobkin

PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2007

Obnoxious macho entitlement with an ugly chaser of smugness meet maudlin sentimentality without feeling or conviction. This is what happens...

P2

Franck Khalfoun

PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2007

The "torture porn” movement grinds to a screeching halt with this laughably pathetic late quarter entry. Poor Rachel Nichols is the hapless...

American Gangster

Ridley Scott

PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2007

The most and least that can be said for American Gangster is that it’s watchable. The true tale of the rise and fall of a Harlem drug lord...

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Cristian Mungiu

PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2007

They say that Romania is the new international cinema hotspot, and if this scorching masterpiece is any indication, you can expect me to ba...

MGM Classic Musicals Collection

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2007

Here’s a grab bag of fairly notable titles from the MGM/UA catalogue. Most came fairly late in the development of the genre and not all are...

The Jazz Singer: Three-Disc Deluxe Edition

Alan Crosland

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2007

The Jazz Singer is often referred to as a museum piece. The film is a melting-pot assimilation narrative of a Jewish cantor’s son (Al Jolso...

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Murali K. Thalluri

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2007

I’m on the fence as to what to think about this plunge into the snake pit of teenage anguish. On the one hand, it’s clearly made by people...