Reviews
Meatball Machine
Expanding on co-directing Junichi Yamamoto's 1999 short "Meatball Machine," "Battlefield Baseball" helmer Yudai Yamaguchi energizes another outre splatterfest -- though this time the laughs and fresh ideas run out long before the gore does. The attempt to mix a tragic love story
Screen Play
A.R. Gurney wrote this irreverent political satire -- a left-wing broadside grafted onto the plot of "Casablanca" -- expressly for those eager young pups at the Flea who, besides putting on shows, take the tickets, sell the bottled water and clean up after the show. But the
All The Invisible Children
"All the Invisible Children" is the latest omnibus film produced for a worthy cause. The subject is underprivileged and exploited children. From Africa to China, Brazil to Brooklyn, the harsh lives of these ignored and thus invisible children are movingly illustrated.
Most People Live in China
A political satire in nine episodes, each targeting one of Norway's parties, "Most People Live in China" demands a thorough knowledge of the country's political landscape to fully appreciate the sometimes subtle messages in the mininovellas.
Every So Often In The World Movie Review
Spanish company Tus Ojos joined hands with Unicef to produce Every So Often in the World in support of children's rights. This mixed bag of stories from around the globe, all tragic but some injecting more humor and optimism than others, illustrate Unicef's five priorities.
Tube Tales Movie Review
A belated celebration of Cool Britannia, as well as a handy grouping of some of its major personalities, Tube Tales is a clever idea that's surprisingly successful overall and reveals some interesting new behind-the-camera talents. Nine segs, united by being partially or wholly set in London's
Screenplay Movie Review
Screenplay skewers the brutal Hollywood screenwriting process, but script by Daniel Suarez and helmer Adam Winston sometimes feels like a play recorded on film. Onscreen copyright of 1996 indicates pic has been on the shelf as long as some screenplays, though it isn't for lack of entertainment
Don't Make Trouble! Movie Review
The idiocy and injustice of racism are explored in the omnibus collection Don't Make Trouble!, a dozen short films directed by well-known helmers from scripts by youngsters aged 16-26.
You Can Write a Movie Book Review
Pamela Wallace admits in print that she co-wrote the screenplay to the Harrison Ford thriller Witness. Hey, who wouldn't? It won her and her two partners an Academy Award. She then admits that she spent the next 10 years learning all the things she really needed to know in order to write a good
Screenplay Movie Review
Screenplay skewers the brutal Hollywood screenwriting process, but script by Daniel Suarez and helmer Adam Winston sometimes feels like a play recorded on film. Onscreen copyright of 1996 indicates pic has been on the shelf as long as some screenplays, though it isn't for lack of entertainment
