Email Author Gregory Weinkauf

2004 Stories by Gregory Weinkauf

• I'll Sleep When I'm Bored

  published July 7, 2004

  It would be nice to declare, "Fans of Mike Hodges, rejoice!," or some such thing at the arrival of the veteran director's latest film -- but alas,... More >>

• Until the Night

  published June 30, 2004

  "Memory is a wonderful thing, if you don't have to deal with the past," declares French Celine (Julie Delpy) to her erstwhile American one-night... More >>

• George of the Bungle

  published June 23, 2004

  A strong toxin requires a strong antidote. In the case of the Bush administration, the cure is being served in significant part by Michael Moore,... More >>

• Summer Film Previews

  published May 26, 2004

  Bukowski: Born Into This STARRING: Charles Bukowski, Bono, Sean Penn, Barbet Schroeder DIRECTOR: John Dullaghan... More >>

• Frogs Gone Loco

  published May 26, 2004

  Love Me If You Dare Written and directed by Yann Samuel. Starring Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Gerard Watkins, and Gilles... More >>

• Blessed Are the Cheesemakers

  published May 19, 2004

  In 2004 A.D., as the five remaining members of the legendary Monty Python comedy troupe lie in coffins in a Vanity Fair spread to jeer at... More >>

• Monster Smash

  published May 5, 2004

  "We must keep the atmosphere electrified!" announces creepy Igor in reference to an abominable experiment in Van Helsing, but he could be... More >>

• After the Fall

  published April 28, 2004

  Those seeking a spiritual counterpart to the yin of Lynne Ramsay's masterfully moody Morvern Callar will find their yang in David... More >>

• Teen Spleen

  published April 28, 2004

  One thing few may mention about Mean Girls is that it could have been unrelentingly terrible. It isn't -- it's actually pretty fabulous on... More >>

• Dough Boy's Malaise

  published March 24, 2004

  Perhaps you've heard of Taxi Driver. Well, meet Scooter Dude. In Crimson Gold (Talaye sorkh), an Iranian portrait of... More >>

• Punk Monk

  published March 17, 2004

  It's a bit unorthodox to ladle superlatives all over a film in the opening paragraph, but The Reckoning deserves them. Moving, gripping,... More >>

• Rites of Spring

  published February 11, 2004

  It is so very nice when a movie completely outstrips the expectations conjured by its trailer, as is the case with The Dreamers. At first... More >>

• Gettin' Windy in the City

  published February 4, 2004

  Whoops, franchise! Way back in 2002, who would have believed that a comedy starring rapper Ice Cube (né O'Shea Jackson) would be a hit, let... More >>

• Pop It, Lock It, Yo

  published January 28, 2004

  Good day, friends and homies. I bring word of a project entitled You Got Served, which appraises the current state of urban American street... More >>