Michael Dinerstein

Harden Shoots Herself With an American Gun

There are three types of movies: the good, the bad, and the mediocre. Good films have the ability to elate, intellectually stimulate, or satisfy anyone who watches them.

By Michael Dinerstein | Mar 24 12:00 am ET

Space Cowboy Digs His Grave

The problem with The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is that an exceedingly talented writer and a newbie director fail to communicate their equally singular visions.

By Michael Dinerstein | Feb 3 12:00 am ET

Opie's Kid Helps von Trier Free the Slaves

Lars von Trier, enfant terrible and cinematic malcontent, returns to the screen with another ideologically charged critique on American society-Manderlay.

By Michael Dinerstein, A.J. Goldmann, and Alex Lieber | Feb 3 12:00 am ET

A Revolution in Film Production

Calling all cinephiles, economists, and media freaks: on Dec. 2, a film about the massive changes taking place in the media industry will debut across the country.

By Michael Dinerstein | Nov 4 12:00 am ET

Creepy Classics Old and New

The Shining (1980) is Stanley Kubrick's intense, gothic horror film and haunted house masterpiece.

By Sadia Latifi, Jeff Petriello, Andrew Flynn, and Michael Dinerstein | Oct 28 12:00 am ET

A Slanted Vision of a Complicated Drama

It is absolutely chilling to watch a movie made by someone so inspired by the Palestine-Israel conflict that gunfire, missile strikes, and the kidnapping of his location manager could not halt the

By Michael Dinerstein | Sep 30 12:00 am ET

Danny Boyle's Leaps of Faith and Fantasy

Danny Boyle is quite possibly the least pretentious and certainly the most honest major filmmaker working today.

By Michael Dinerstein | Mar 25 12:00 am ET

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