Articles by Travis Mackenzie Hoover

Jellyfish

Shira Geffen and Etgar Keret

PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2008

This Israeli feature has been noted for being one of the few that makes no mention of the Palestinian conflict (of the ones that reach thes...

Man on Wire

James Marsh

PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2008

One wishes for a little more context in this documentary but there’s no denying the excitement of one very determined Frenchman doing somet...

Street Kings

David Ayer

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2008

David Ayer makes for an interesting case history. Few filmmakers will give us the unpleasant truth that certain elements of law enforcement...

The Colour Honeymooners Vol. 4

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2008

The final season of Jackie Gleason’s last regular TV gig is a sad degradation from the original heights of the classic Honeymooners, which...

The World According to Monsanto

Marie-Monique Robin

PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2008

The corporate world is a dicey place, but few multinationals can hold a candle to the loathsomeness of biotech giant Monsanto. From almos...

Games Girls Play

Jack Arnold

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2008

Lord knows you can’t call this ’70s sexploitation romp a good movie. Its jokes are all feeble, its acting is all floundering and its intent...

Bella

Alejandro Monteverde

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2008

Here is yet another film "inspired by true events” that never once seems to feature actual human behaviour. And while its story of a broken...

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: The Best of Ricky and Dave

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2008

It’s usually a fallacy to believe that the culture of the past was squeaky clean and innocuous but Ozzie and Harriet shows you just how his...