Email Author Michael Fox

2010 Stories by Michael Fox

• St. Valentine's Gay

  published February 3, 2010

  A certified San Francisco character (notwithstanding his indestructible New York accent and attitude), Marc Huestis is best known as the caustic... More >>

• Missing Beauty

  published February 3, 2010

  Her deglamorized, no-bullshit portrayal of a middle-aged single mother in grim financial straits earned Melissa Leo a Best Actress nomination for... More >>

• Reel Eccentric

  published January 27, 2010

  Even in the afterlife, relationships are complicated. In local filmmaker Tom Pankratz’ sleek Limbo Lounge (screening today at 7:15... More >>

• A Trip Down Under

  published January 27, 2010

  Today, the expansive eight-day Mostly British Film Festival turns Mostly Australian, with three of the six features originating from the... More >>

• Sound Instincts

  published January 20, 2010

  Germany-born, Seattle-based artist Trimpin’s brain does not work like everybody else’s. It’s not just that he's as sensitive to... More >>

• International Lampoon

  published January 20, 2010

  In his gracefully odd movements, the French writer-director-actor Jacques Tati resembled the adult offspring of General Charles de Gaulle and a... More >>

• Blonde Dynamite

  published January 13, 2010

  Marilyn Monroe’s screen persona, defined in The Seven Year Itch and Some Like It Hot, is that of the ditz spilling out of her... More >>

• He’s Gonna Git You, Sucka

  published January 13, 2010

  President Barack Obama was supposed to be the Man with a Plan, not a kinder, gentler version of the Man. As the clamor grows for a jobs bill,... More >>

• What To Dor Tuesday's Pick: Steven Severin's Music for Silents

  published Jan 12, 2010

  Steven Severin: Music for Silents @ Mezzanine Steven Severin and Siouxsie Sioux carried the postpunk banner longer than nearly all of their contemporaries, from the mid-'70s through the mid-'90s. Sin... More >>

• Still the Next Big Thing

  published January 6, 2010

  The curse that afflicts brilliant filmmakers — from Keaton to Welles to Altman — is that it’s essentially impossible for future... More >>

• What's the Matter With Kansas?

  published January 6, 2010

  Early in this mildly involving riff on Thomas Frank's nonfiction bestseller, the author appears at a bookstore signing to summarize his starting... More >>