Joshua Klein's posts

Iranian writer/director Majid Majidi's 1996 film The Father was filmed from a child's point of view, and his…

Egyptian director Youssef Chahine's 1997 film Destiny (a.k.a. al-Massir) is dead out of context. The film is a more…

In Deep Impact, the latest installment in a wave of '70s-disaster-movie-inspired features, Téa Leoni plays an MSNBC…

When filmmaker Tim Kirkman breaks up with his New York boyfriend, he heads back to his hometown in North Carolina to…

DVDs appear to be here to stay. However, while the advertised attractions of the new digital medium include all…

Shayne Gray is an affluent white teen coming to grips with his closeted homosexuality. He has a girlfriend and a…

Timothy "Speed" Levitch is a documentary filmmaker's dream subject. An eccentric, flamboyant, occasionally brilliant…

This adaptation of Honoré de Balzac's novel Cousin Bette would seem to have a good deal going for it, not least of…

DVDs appear to be here to stay. However, while the advertised attractions of the new digital medium include all…

Because the most immediately impressive advances in digital video technology have been in the fields of sound and…

From Taxi Driver to Night On Earth, taxicabs have proven to be fertile ground for filmmakers. Will Kern isn't a…

The stylish Clockwatchers—directed by first-timer Jill Sprecher and written with her sister Karen—is more than just…

It's been a while since Trent Reznor has released anything new, but the demand for Nine Inch Nails product is as…

Directed with a keen eye for contrast and peppered with oblique references to Dickens and Kafka, Mike van Diem's Char…

Given its subject matter, Central Station shouldn't be as good as it is. Fortunately, director Walter Salles…

Pity poor Thalia Zedek. A longtime staple of the Boston music scene—as well as a force behind the legendary New York…

The increasing intersection of rock communities and more esoteric improv circles has resulted in some remarkable…

Air's synthesized space music longs for another time and place. Mars, maybe, circa 1976. A swirl of analog keyboards…

Chris Connelly's transformation from young hellion to introspective songwriter couldn't have been more unexpected.…

The danger of any musical side project is that it might one day overshadow its creator's main gig. Mark Nelson's…