question of the day: Should Michael Moore stop making documentaries?

My critical colleague and fellow member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists Jennifer Merin asks an intriguing question at About.com: Documentaries: Should Michael Moore stop making documentaries? Michael Moore’s new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, may be his last. Or so suggests CNN.com’s Matt Carey, who questioned Moore about an interview in which the … more…

trailer break: ‘Surrogates’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… A supercreepy world of perfect-looking robots? How would it be any different from, say, Beverly Hills? No risk or danger? Where’s the fun in that? So, this is like the idea that “If you die while dreaming, you die in real life” done up all science fiction-y? … more…

off to England again

I’m heading off to Stratford-upon-Avon again for a reprise of the trip I took this same time last year. I leave on Tuesday night, arrive Wednesday morning, and return back to New York on Sunday, October 4. Last year’s trip was such a blast that my travel buddy Bonnie and I decided to do it … more…

retro trailer: ‘Invasion U.S.A.’

Take a look back at an old trailer… It’s this year’s — or 1952’s, anyway — shock cinema! That’s right: it’s shocking how much stock footage and TV news talking-head reportage makes up this movie. You won’t believe the things you’ll be told are happening in this movie, somewhere offscreen because we were too cheap … more…