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I have been getting e-mails asking why I haven't written about certain topics and/or issues. So I thought I'd take this opportunity to discuss five things about which there will likely not be independent ReelThoughts entries. (The economy is not ...

If it's a Wednesday (my normal weekday blog entry day off), this ReelThoughts must have something to do with site processes or something of minimal general interest to movie-lovers. I don't like to "waste" my regular valuable columns for this less ...

Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire represents Danish-born Susanne Bier's first foray into studio-funded American cinema. The transition is seamless - Bier's signature style of simple shots and frequent close-ups remains intact and her choice of material f...

Run Time: 2:00
U.S. Release Date: 2007-10-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, ...
Tideland

Time and time again throughout Terry Gilliam's career, the director has been forced to endure studio interference. According to executives at some of the companies that have distributed the former Monty Python animator's films, his creative vision...

Run Time: 2:02
U.S. Release Date: 2006-10-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA/FANTASY
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Jodelle Ferland, Jeff Bridges, Brendan Fletcher, ...
Tracey Fragments, The

The Tracey Fragments uses its non-standard visual style, a split-screen approach that can show from one to sixteen frames at any one time, in a vain attempt to camouflage the paucity of the story. Director Bruce McDonald, working from a script by ...

Run Time: 1:17
U.S. Release Date: 2008-05-09
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Bruce McDonald
Cast: Ellen Page, Slim Twig, Ari Cohen, ...
True Things

There are moments when True Things, a romantic melodrama about a toxic love affair, almost breaks through. But, in large part because it never coalesces the hazy vagueness surrounding the characters, it doesn't quite get there. The chemistry betwe...

Run Time: 1:42
U.S. Release Date: 2022-09-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Wootliff
Cast: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires
Walker, The

It would be fair to characterize writer/director Paul Schrader as someone who's fascinated by the seamier side of human nature. Some of his best known screenplays, including Taxi Driver and Raging Bull for Martin Scorsese, have plumbed the depths ...

Run Time: 1:48
U.S. Release Date: 2007-12-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA/THRILLER
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Bacall, ...
Where the Truth Lies

Welcome to the lurid world of Atom Egoyan, B-grade schlock filmmaker. Until seeing Where the Truth Lies, I never would have considered applying this title to Egoyan, the eclectic filmmaker of some of the '90s most compelling features (Exotica and T...

Run Time: 1:48
U.S. Release Date: 2005-10-14
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, ...
Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are may be the first family film in recent memory to rely not on narrative or character development but on ideas and the director's vision. The result is an involving experience for all but the most fidgety children and an op...

Run Time: 1:42
U.S. Release Date: 2009-10-16
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Spike Jonze
Cast: Max Records, Catherine Keener; voices: James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, ...