Articles by Travis Mackenzie Hoover

Un Conte de Noel

Arnaud Desplechin

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2008

This is a movie that goes so very right that it constantly reminds you of how it could have gone so completely wrong. Loosely fit into the...

Wendy and Lucy

Kelly Reichardt

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2008

Kelly Reichardt is one of the last American directors to be at all credible. While her more high-profile contemporaries are obsessed with o...

Bra Boys

Sunny Abberton

PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2008

Maroubra is a suburb of Sydney, Australia noted for crime and poverty, and its most famous and/or infamous product is the surf gang known a...

Robin Hood: Season 2

PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2008

You know how television is supposed to be better these days, full of adult themes, vivid characters and challenging complexity? The makers...

My Brother is an Only Child

Daniele Luchetti

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2008

This is only one of a recent spate of Italian films forged in the upheavals of the ’60s and ’70s (others include The Best of Youth and Roma...

John Oliver: Terrifying Times

Troy Miller

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2008

The full-on version of John Oliver’s Comedy Central special finds the comic liberal, huggable and not especially trenchant, which is not to...

Monster Camp

Cullen Hoback

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2008

The subject of RPG players gaming in costume and in character is an easy target for a condescending smartass. But to his credit, Cullen Hob...

'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris

Raymond de Felitta

PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2008

The late jazz singer Jackie Paris was apparently a puzzle for lovers of the form. A very accomplished, well-regarded vocalist who toured wi...