Articles by Felix Gonzalez, Jr.

Tenebre

May 23, 2008 // 0 Comments

After the supernatural horrors of "Suspiria" (1977) and "Inferno" (1980), Italian maestro Dario Argento made a notable return to the slick thriller subgenre known in Italy as giallo in 1982. The director had his first taste of success [...]

Frontier(s)

May 22, 2008 // 0 Comments

Well, the French have certainly given American filmmakers a run for their money in the torture-porn genre during the last few years. First Alexandre Aja created a hotly debated gore fest with "High Tension" in 2003, and now Xavier Gens serves up [...]

Bella

May 19, 2008 // 0 Comments

"Bella" is without doubt one of the least apologetic blendings of heartfelt intentions, cinematic manipulation, and ultra sentimentality that I have seen in some time. That it won the coveted People's Choice Award at the 2006 Toronto Film [...]

She Done Him Wrong

May 9, 2008 // 0 Comments

In pre-code 1930s Hollywood, before the Hays Office and the Catholic Church began enforcing a system of self-censorship on Hollywood films, sex was a frequent ingredient in popular movies. And nobody brought sex to the movies like Mae West. A vaudevillian [...]

The Nanny

April 15, 2008 // 0 Comments

One of the great stars of the classical Hollywood era, Bette Davis, like so many actresses before and after, saw a steady decline in decent roles as she approached middle age. By the late 1950s, her film career had become stymied, with only a smattering [...]

101 Dalmatians: 2-Disc Platinum Edition

March 28, 2008 // 0 Comments

Having not seen Walt Disney's "101 Dalmatians" since I was probably about eight years old, I was anxious to see how it has held up after all these years in Buena Vista's latest Platinum Edition DVD. To my delight, not only has it held [...]

Love in the Time of Cholera

March 12, 2008 // 0 Comments

Mike Newell's "Love in the Time of Cholera" is an adaptation of critically acclaimed novelist Gabriel García Márquez's 1985 novel about a decades' long romantic obsession. The story begins in Cartagena, Colombia in 1879, [...]

Beowulf: Director's Cut

March 10, 2008 // 0 Comments

All right, kids. This ain't your grandpa's "Beowulf." Most everyone is familiar with the epic, Old English poem, if for no other reason than that it was required reading in their high school English class. While the poem has become [...]

Gone Baby Gone

March 5, 2008 // 0 Comments

Ben Affleck's "Gone Baby Gone" is one of the most unexpected directorial debuts of 2007. Having persevered through an acting career that has had its share of success and, more recently, failure, Affleck has hit back with a vengeance with [...]
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