Barton Fink

Hes drawn in two dimensions, and so, despite Turturros comically inspired underplaying, its difficult to work up much empathy for what hes going through. ( Read More )

Geoff Andrew

Somehow everything coheres, thanks to the Coens superb writing and assured direction, and a roster of marvellous performances. The result works on numerous levels, thrilling the mind, ears and eyes, and racking the nerves. ( Read More )

Desson Thomson

If Fink lacks cumulative punch, its fighting power is a technical knockout. ( Read More )

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

A parable about the intellectual vanity of a creative individual who wants to improve society with his vision of the common man. ( Read More )

Richard Schickel

Gnomic, claustrophobic, hallucinatory, just plain weird, it is the kind of movie critics can soak up thousands of words analyzing and cinephiles can soak up at least three espressos arguing their way through. ( Read More )