Frida

Kahlo the Wild
Film review by: Witney Seibold

 

 

            “Frida,” the new film by Julie Taymor and starring Salma Hayek, is a beautiful, unusual film filled with passionate and talented people.

The Rules of Attraction

Love is the Devil
Film review by: Witney Seibold

 

 

            There may actually be colleges in this nation which feature parties with named like “pre-Saturday night party,” “end of the world,” and “dress to be fucked.”

Book Review: American Gods

On the Seventh Day…
Book review by: Witney Seibold

 

 

            Gods are not the creators of the world.

Bowling for Columbine

Living in Fear
Film review by: Witney Seibold

The central question posed by Michael Moore in his brilliant new documentary “Bowling for Columbine” is this: what are we so afraid of?

Moonlight Mile

Goodnight Moon
Film review by: Witney Seibold

 

 

            Brad Silberling’s new film “Moonlight Mile” should be a shaggy dog of a film.

The 10-Best Horror Films

The 10-Best Horror Films
Film feature by: Witney Seibold

 

 

Horror is fascinating to me.

The Tuxedo

Sharp Messed Man
Film review by: Witney Seibold

 

 

            I suppose if the first shot in a film involves taut close camerawork and suspenseful spy music laid over a deer peeing in a river, it’s something of an omen.

Stealing Harvard

Higher Ejikashin
Film review by: Witney Seibold

 

 

            The most successful comedies all take themselves seriously.

Mad Love (2002)

Mad Love (2002)
Film review by: Witney Seibold

 

 

            I am not a reader of Romance novels, but I am familiar with the mythology.

Duplicity

Duplicity

Film review by: Witney Seibold

 

 

 

            The cleverest thing about Tony Gilroy’s “Duplicity” is not it’s twisty, temporally unstable plot (though it is clever), nor is it the wicked borderline Lubitsch-ian romance between ex-MI-6 officer Ray Koval (Clive Owen), and ex-CIA spook Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) (though it features some scenes of terrific wickedness).