Email Author Ernest Hardy

2011 Stories by Ernest Hardy

• The Kids Are Annoying: Overwritten, Over-Angsty Daydream Nation

  published May 4, 2011

  Writer-director Michael Goldbach’s Daydream Nation opens with a close-up on the lush, full lips of actress Kat Dennings, whose... More >>

• When Harry Tries to Marry, Rom-Com Formula Gets in the Way

  published April 20, 2011

  A bright, colorful slab of faux-multiculturalism, When Harry Tries to Marry is a substandard romantic comedy gussied up in Indian drag.... More >>

• Sandrine Bonnaire Makes Her Next Move in Queen to Play

  published March 30, 2011

  After chambermaid Hélène (Sandrine Bonnaire) glimpses an American couple (Jennifer Beals and Dominic Gould) playing chess in the... More >>

• Respecting the Big-Top Grind in Circo

  published March 30, 2011

  “The circus is tough and beautiful,” says a talking head in Aaron Schock’s documentary on the small, struggling, family-owned... More >>

• Documenting the Heroic Rescue of Soviet Paintings in The Desert of Forbidden Art

  published March 9, 2011

  At its core, Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev’s engrossing documentary is a hero’s tale: Archaeologist and frustrated painter Igor... More >>

• Controlled Mayhem in Frat Study Brotherhood

  published March 9, 2011

  Leanly scripted, directed for maximum tension, fast-moving, and filled with a surprising amount of droll humor, Will Canon’s... More >>

• Timely Topic Completely Bungled in Immigration Tango

  published February 16, 2011

  Director David Burton Morris, working from a script he co-wrote with Todd Norwood and Martin L. Kelley, would seem to be in the thick of heated... More >>

• Dressed, a Doc on Fashionista Nary Manivong, Gets Snagged on Cliches

  published February 2, 2011

  There’s a fantastic movie in the life and struggles of Laotian-American fashion designer Nary Manivong, the subject of Dressed, who... More >>

• Fawning Rock Doc Lemmy Is No Ace of Spades

  published January 19, 2011

  “Lemmy is the baddest motherfucker in the world,” exclaims Dave Grohl in Lemmy, whose tagline reads: "49% Motherf---er, 51% Son of a... More >>

• Ibogaine and Addiction in I'm Dangerous With Love

  published January 12, 2011

  Director Michel Negroponte’s camera focuses on the legs of Tank, a 20-year-old heroin addict who has pulled her pants up mid-thigh to... More >>

• Plastic Planet and the Steep Price of Your Water Bottle Addiction

  published January 12, 2011

  The information presented in Werner Boote’s Plastic Planet is so important that the documentary is a must-see for anyone even... More >>