If Alfred Hitchcock were a contemporary filmmaker, he might have made this dark but endearing concoction about the obsessiveness caused by affection.  Addicted to Love (1997) is a romantic comedy in which the romantic and sensitive moments are outnumbered by […]

The best movies are more than the sum of their parts, a dictum that is certainly true of Falling Down (1993).  On the surface, this is a rather simply constructed story of a man who cracks on a hot day […]

Wacky British comedies are usually fairly noteworthy, but few people seem to know about The Tall Guy (1989) despite its stellar cast and memorable sequences.  The star is gangly Jeff Goldblum, a go-to guy in the mid-1980s whose career moved […]

Although I’ve never cared for Steve Guttenberg as an actor, I must admit he fits the bill in the mystery / suspense thriller The Bedroom Window (1987).  Guttenberg plays a yuppie architect whose casual affair with the boss’ wife (Isabelle […]

Before Swedish director Lasse Hallström moved to America and became a major success with such films as What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The Cider House Rules and  Chocolat, he made his name with a remarkable little movie titled My Life as […]

One of Woody Allen’s most interesting cinematic experiments is Zelig (1983).  The year before This is Spinal Tap made “mockumentary” a buzzword term, Allen had fun with the concept of a nondescript man (played by Allen) so unhappy with his […]

I first saw A Small Circle of Friends (1980) while I was in college, and as it is about a trio of friends whose lives change dramatically when they attend college, the film really resonates with me.  Although critics disparage […]

Before author Thomas Harris imagined his signature character Hannibal Lecter, he wrote a novel about an act of terrorism occurring at the one of the biggest spectacles in America, the Super Bowl.  The resulting movie of the same name is […]