Tag: burt lancaster
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‘The Cassandra Crossing’ is a Disaster-Movie Turducken
‘The Cassandra Crossing’ is among the cruelest of disaster movies.
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‘Trapeze’: You Get What You Pay For
Akin to the circus, all one needs from ‘Trapeze’ is a good time.
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Darkness and Cold
On ‘The Leopard,’ ‘The Train,’ and ‘The Swimmer.’
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The Blissful Myopia of ‘Atlantic City’
Despite the overwhelming presences of failure and missed opportunity — like no matter how hard you try, you cannot effectively, cleanly, run away from your past — it still feels, to me, like an optimistic movie.
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The Overpowering Loneliness of ‘Separate Tables’
In ‘Separate Tables,’ carefully tucked-away secrets come to the fore
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‘Brute Force’ is Best At Its Weariest
Which is to say when disgust at the prison-industrial complex is at its barest.