Sierra Madre

When the Right Movie Gets the Wrong Director

​Think back with me for a moment. When it came time to do the film version of the frothy stage hit Annie way back in 1982, some Hollywood genius actually had the brain-cell deficiency to say out loud: "I know! We'll get John Huston to direct it!

The Greatest Screen Directors Actually Did Nothing

​Some of the greatest film directors in history have reaped kudos, won Oscars, and earned a place as eternal icons of cinema art, yet they didn't really do that much on the set. According to one book I read, John Huston (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre) sometimes didn't talk to t ... More >>

Full Mental Jacket

Mexicans are short, impervious to cold

A Report from Juarez, the Front Line of the War on Drugs

The Fourth Annual Village Voice Readers' Film Poll -- The Best Films of 1967!

"We rob banks."​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 8, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 17 Films by Andrew Sarris The readers of The Village Voice have responded in unprecedented numbers to the fourth annual poll of ten-best lists. For the record, the previous winners are "D ... More >>

Re-Viewing Films With Diminishing Returns

​Since I've already seen every movie ever made, I have to watch them all over again or I'll have chunks of unfilled time on my agenda. But in doing so, something very dispiriting happens sometimes. When I re-view movies that blew me away when I was younger, they don't always hold up! Yes, Nas ... More >>

Childhood In Momma's Man; Struggles With Daddy Issues In Hamlet 2

Azazel Jacobs and Andrew Fleming set parent traps

Autumn Days

Clip Job: 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

Badlands

Coen Brothers transcend themselves with No Country for Old Men

You Had to Be There . . .

. . . But since you weren't, a tale of Danish porn and Mexican discos with the Maestro of El Topo

The Huston Family: 75 Years on Film

A Brief History of Wizened Sidekicks

How the West Was Spun

Wise old coots, opinionated colts, and the American frontier on display at westerns series

Mean Man's Dream

Desperate Measures