Movies & TV - March 27, 2006
Towne drops the ball on Fante's classic "Ask the Dust"
Robert Towne's vision for bringing John Fante's "Ask the Dust" to the big screen, but it's not what you'd expect from the writer of "Chinatown" and he does little to make us care about the main characters.
Tags: Fante, Towne, Bandini, Hayek, Colin Farrell, Ask the Dust

Movies & TV - Nov. 7, 2002
Kahlo's revolutionary life reduced to a tame drama
An artist as daring, revolutionary and exploratory as Frida Kahlo deserves a more adventurous and hard-hitting biopic. This mild-mannered film feels more like a visual timeline than a revealing drama.
Tags: Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Modotti, Mexico, Rockefeller, Trotsky, Hayek, Molina