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David Bornstein

Movies' Primitive, Haunting Power

The first film I remember seeing used to return to my consciousness only by way of dreams.

The first film I remember seeing used to return to my consciousness only by way of dreams.

A Common Royal Romance

The Prince & Me does not so much merit a review as a failing grade.

The Prince & Me does not so much merit a review as a failing grade.

The Right Style For the Wrong Stuff

Philip Kaufman's Twisted plays like a bad movie on so many levels, one really needs to love film in order to see how good it also is.

Philip Kaufman's Twisted plays like a bad movie on so many levels, one really needs to love film in order to see how good it also is.

No-Holds Martyrdom

In The Passion of the Christ, we encounter a film with more ambition than contemporary art could ever fulfill, for it tries to reanimate religious experience in our autumnal age of skepticis

In The Passion of the Christ, we encounter a film with more ambition than contemporary art could ever fulfill, for it tries to reanimate religious experience in our autumnal age of skepticis

A Separate Peace in Exile

"It will all be over in a year or two," an old man says. The woman he is speaking to, his daughter-in-law, eagerly agrees.

"It will all be over in a year or two," an old man says. The woman he is speaking to, his daughter-in-law, eagerly agrees.

Down with Love, Up with Bad Dates

As a proud member of the John Hughes generation, I was certainly spoiled when it came to the teen films upon which my youthful sensibilities were raised.

As a proud member of the John Hughes generation, I was certainly spoiled when it came to the teen films upon which my youthful sensibilities were raised.

Bad Santa: A Bundle of Yuletide Jeer

Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa starts on an idyllic note. To the rich sighs of the waltz from Shostakovich's second Jazz Suite, a light patter of snow falls from a pitch-black sky.

Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa starts on an idyllic note. To the rich sighs of the waltz from Shostakovich's second Jazz Suite, a light patter of snow falls from a pitch-black sky.

Matrix 3: System Overload

I originally encountered The Matrix in my first flush of movie mania. I was living in Paris at the time and American films habitually took three or more months to leisurely cross the Atlantic.

I originally encountered The Matrix in my first flush of movie mania. I was living in Paris at the time and American films habitually took three or more months to leisurely cross the Atlantic.

Sleepless in the Apple

For years, popular cinema has nurtured our need to escape from daily routine and to immerse ourselves in the grand flow of love and adventure.

For years, popular cinema has nurtured our need to escape from daily routine and to immerse ourselves in the grand flow of love and adventure.

Strangers at a Train Depot

The Station Agent tells the story of a lonely, friendless dwarf who moves into a deserted train depot in rural New Jersey.

The Station Agent tells the story of a lonely, friendless dwarf who moves into a deserted train depot in rural New Jersey.