FIlm reviews

A selection of articles and reviews on film by Morton Marcus,
as published in Metro newspapers, the Santa Cruz Sentinel, and other publications.

• 'Cloverfield' a Canny Portrait of a Generation - 2/01/2008

• A Contrary Opinion About Much-Praised Oscar Favorites - 1/25/2008

• 'Deep Water' One of the Finest Docs of Recent Years - 9/28/2007

• Feast of Love - 9/28/2007

• The Importance of Seeing Movies in the Theater - 9/14/2007

• The Secret Behind the 'Bourne' Films - 8/31/2007

• The Quandries of 'Potter' and 'Goya' - 8/17/2007

• An Ingmar Bergman Checklist - 8/4/2007

• Are we demonizing the wrong people? - 7/21/2007

• 'A Mighty Wind' - 7/7/2007

• The Summer so far - 6/23/2007

• Reading the Subtext of 'Killer of Sheep' - 6/9/2007

• Hunting for Movie Magic at the Boardwalk - 5/26/2007

• 'Hot Fuzz' Proves Brits are More Adept at Comedy than Americans - 5/12/2007

• The Rude and Crude 'New American Comedy' - 4/28/2007

• 'The Namesake' Doesn't Work - 4/14/2007

• 'The Hoax' Is Delightful but Confusing Mix of Lies & Half-Truths - 4/4/2007

• Is Reaction to 'Pan's Labyrinth' a Legacy of Disney? - 3/31/2007

• 'The Breach' an Oscar-Worthy Consideration - 3/3/07

• 'The Italian' Should Really Be 'The Russian'- 3/17/07

• Mort's Top Ten Films of 2006

• 'Memory of a Killer' is greater than the sum of its parts - 9/23/2005

• 'El Crimen Perfecto': Spanish Film Is Almost Perfect - 9/16/2005

• The Invisible Character Maps of 'Broken Flowers' - 8/19/2005

• 'Saraband': The Master Returns to the Screen - 8/5/2005

• 'Squint Your Eyes' Takes Flight - 7/22/2005

• '3-Iron' Plays Out Korean 'Bonnie & Clyde' Fantasy - 5/27/2005

• 'Sin City': A Sign of Postmodern Corruption - 4/29/2005

• 'Schultze' an inspiring look at life after work - 4/1/2005

• The sage of 'Telegraph Hill' says to stop and look at parrots - 3/4/2005

• Anti-Semitic and gay themes reflect modern attitudes in 'Merchant' - 2/11/2005

• Bhutan's 'Travelers' Explores the Bitterness of the Better Life - 2/11/2005

• 'Million Dollar Baby': Eastwood’s much-praised Oscar contender is a sucker punch - 2/27/2005

• Mort's Top Ten Films of 2004

• The Year of the Biopic - 2004

• 'Zelary': A Czech 'Cold Mountain' - 11/05/2004

• The Maddest, 'Saddest Music' - 6/18/2004

• Element of Surprise in 'Spring, Summer...' - 2004

• John Sayles' Political Thriller 'Silver City' - 9/15/2004

• In Defense of 'The Passion' - 3/19/2004

• A Second Look at 'Kitchen Stories' - 2/14/2004

• In the Realm of Ray: Cinema of India's Satyajit Ray - 5/1994

• Peter Framed: Branagh's Farce Reinforces Old Order - 1/1993

• Classic American Detective Films, Cinema Times, 1985

• Jimmy Stewart: A Way We Never Were? Cinema Times, 1985