Steve Buscemi’s first directorial and screenwriting outing trades on the one thing that we know about Steve Buscemi: that he … More
Tag: May 2010
Critique: ‘Public Access’ (1993)
Bryan Singer is best known as the director of The Usual Suspects (1994), and the superhero epics X-Men (2000) and … More
Critique: ‘Spanking the Monkey’ (1994)
The central conceit of David O Russell’s debut feature that will stay with you after watching the film is that … More
Critique: ‘Human Nature’ (2001)
This is the film that should have launched the directorial career of Michel Gondry and built upon the developing reputation … More
Critique: ‘The Man Who Wasn’t there’ (2001)
Sandwiched between the irreverence of O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and the Hollywood romance of Intolerable Cruelty (2003), The … More
Critique: ‘Straight Out of Brooklyn’ (1991)
Straight Out of Brooklyn was made on a budget of less than $500,000 and achieved a domestic gross of $2.7 … More
Directors: Charlie Kaufman
Charlie Kaufman is the author of the screenplays Being John Malkovich (1999), Human Nature (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind … More