Reviews: Films

Fahrenheit 9/11

Our film columnist Thomas Wartenberg laughs and cheers this year’s most controversial satire, Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11.
[Issue 47: August/September 2004]

The Many Passions of the Christ

Our man with the popcorn and the Aramaic phrasebook Thomas Wartenberg explains why so many people have a problem with Mel Gibson’s flay ‘n’ slay epic, and why so many others think it really is the greatest story ever told.
[Issue 46: May/June 2004]

Mystic River

Our movie maestro Thomas Wartenberg says that Clint Eastwood’s recent film Mystic River is a tragedy – but in the good sense of the word.
[Issue 45: March/April 2004]

Remake

Ellen Klein reviews a poignant and thoughtful film from her adopted home town of Sarajevo – Remake.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004]

The Dancer Upstairs

John Malkovich has made a clever movie about the hunt for a fat, cardigan-wearing philosophy professor with blood on his hands. Rich Guilfoyle watches The Dancer Upstairs.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003]

The Matrix Reloaded

Our movie maestro Thomas Wartenberg plugs himself into The Matrix Reloaded but says that philosophically, it was destined to be dull.
[Issue 42: July/August 2003]

Gladiator

Stoics on the Big Screen? John Sellars examines the ancient philosophy which surfaces in Gladiator.
[Issue 41: May/June 2003]

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Our film columnist Thomas Wartenberg ponders the pitfalls of cross-cultural coupling as he watches this season’s romantic comedy hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
[Issue 40: March/April 2003]

Lord of the Rings

This film column has been seized by Christian allegorists. Tom Wartenberg has been overthrown! (For now.) Meanwhile, here is Bill Murray’s commentary on Lord of the Rings.
[Issue 39: December 2002 / January 2003]

The Road to Perdition

Our philosophical film columnist Thomas Wartenberg ponders the complexity of human motives as he takes in the latest gangster movie, The Road to Perdition.
[Issue 38: October/November 2002]

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