Cinema St. Louis

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 8, 2010 - Perhaps I’ve prematurely entered my curmudgeon stage, but I find the endless promos…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 25, 2010 - I'm not much of an admirer of the work of David Thomson, the critic, novelist and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 20, 2010 - Having recently found out about the death of Eric Rohmer, I was sorry to hear that…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 14, 2010 - There are many kinds of cult movies: Those depending on a feverish fan base ("The…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 5, 2010 - The people behind the Smoke Free Movies Initiative - the ones who want the MPAA to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 3, 2010 - Blake Edwards has never been an easy filmmaker to pin down. With his first major…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 22, 2009 - He was the most provocative and stubborn (read: argumentative) of film critics, yet…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 14, 2009 - Robert Altman was notoriously averse - no, make that outright hostile - to the idea…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 13, 2009 - The highlight of my recent trip to Amsterdam was seeing "Up" at the Tuchinski…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 13, 2009 - The end of the year is rapidly approaching (but not the end of the decade, so will…