Email Author Nick Pinkerton

2010 Stories by Nick Pinkerton

• Bene Brocani Schifano at Anthology and To Die for Tano at Cinema Village

  published February 9, 2010

  Roma, 1970, cosmopolis on the Tiber, where Yankee dollars bought amphetamines and film stock—here, Franco Brocani's Necropolis... More >>

• John Travolta's Cowboy Diplomacy in From Paris With Love

  published February 2, 2010

  As personal assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to France, James Reese (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) can keep himself in well-tailored suits and keep his... More >>

• Four Books, Three Films, and a Rotten Yorkshire in Red Riding Trilogy

  published February 2, 2010

  Now a 305-minute triptych film, Red Riding originated in the novels of Ossett-bred David Peace, written in Tokyo and published... More >>

• Revenge for Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness

  published January 26, 2010

  "Did you shoot my daughtah?" is the question posed, in flat-voweled Bostonian, in the trailer for Edge of Darkness. And Mel Gibson,... More >>

• Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

  published January 19, 2010

  This latest from the cottage industry of Cohen-in-concert memorabilia (I'm Your Man, Under Review, Live in London) offers... More >>

• Gay.com Film Series: A Triple Bill of Same-Sexer-Themed Movies

  published January 19, 2010

  The social-networking site Gay.com presents a triple bill of same-sexer-themed movies. In descending order, from middling to empirically bad:... More >>

• In Extraordinary Measures, Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford Save the Children

  published January 19, 2010

  John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) is, for the time being, the doting father of three kids. One son and a beatifically-smiling daughter could go... More >>

• The Book of Eli: Kicking Ass for Jesus

  published January 12, 2010

  The fourth film from directors Allen and Albert Hughes, The Book of Eli centers on the Christianity that was at the... More >>

• The Mixed Bag of 100-Years-Young Akira Kurosawa, at Film Forum

  published January 5, 2010

  Akira Kurosawa was a cultural Commodore Perry. His 1950 Rashômon opened the West to Japanese movies. From there, he became one of... More >>

• Daybreakers Squanders Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe

  published January 5, 2010

  No fashion-conscious multiplex movie should face opening day without some grave issue of our day propped in its buttonhole. Last year's sci-fi... More >>