Michael Giaccio

Turned Away by Men of God

Amen, the new film by Costa-Gavras, has caused a mild uproar in France and Italy for fusing the swastika and the crucifix in its advertisement posters (in the only poster I saw, the crucifix

By Michael Giaccio | Jan 31 12:00 am ET

A Serial-Killer Who Just Won't Go Away

In Red Dragon, the new Hannibal Lecter thriller that precedes The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, FBI Agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) is after an evil psychotic murderer known as the Tooth Fa

By Michael Giaccio | Oct 7 12:00 am ET

From Russia Without Love

Nearly everything about Birthday Girl, a black comedy from British director Jez Butterworth, is depressingly mediocre, but it's generating big buzz because of Nicole Kidman's star turn as a

By Michael Giaccio | Feb 8 12:00 am ET

Corporate Culture Under the Microscope

Anyone seeking the cinematic equivalent of a migraine should check out Waydowntown, a harsh satire of office culture from Canadian director Gary Burns.

By Michael Giaccio | Feb 1 12:00 am ET

Triumphant Failure: The Military in Mogadishu

Some call Ridley Scott a stylist.

By Michael Giaccio | Jan 25 12:00 am ET

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