Storytelling

Writer/director Todd Solondz last rocked my world with Happiness, which was the sharpest, most unflinching black comedy I'd ever seen. He does it again with Storytelling, keeping his impeccable edge while exploring some intriguing new turf. No doubt wary after... Full review

After reading about Palindromes and finding myself oddly attracted to the subject matter of several of Todd Solondz's features, I bought this film. It would seem that it has a reputation as being his worst work to date(at least as... Full review

my title on top best describes this movie. I need not say more. But do to the requirement on this site, it seems that a need to make this a longer sentence, there.... Full review

For those not familiar with the work of Todd Solondz...This is a man who does not shy away from the gutters of the human race. A man who is not afraid to slap you in the face with a heavy... Full review

It's pretty rare when I am at a loss for words, particularly when I am weighing an opinion on a film. Even more rare is when I'm speechless about a film by a favorite filmmaker. And to further the irony,... Full review

This movie was painful to watch. Complete trash. It was a complete waste of time to even watch the trailer to this movie. For the love of God, PLEASE do not watch this movie.... Full review

This a great film, for everyone who is sick of the hallow "triumph of the human spirit" Hollywood makes en mass this is defiently for you. This is not some sugar coated film where there is a happy ending, this is... Full review

Again Todd caputured the darkness in suburban life perfectly, the second story held my interest the most and John Goodman was absolutely fantastic as the father.... Full review

Todd Solondz' masterpiece. He won't make a better film than this. Easily, the best film about suburban American ever made. The cinematography, music, and editing in this film is better than any other film by Todd Solondz. Storytelling will remain one... Full review

Spoilers herein.Solondz is a modern Woody Allen. Both are obsessed with how film fiction and life reinforce each other. But where Woody filled his empty spaces with love and gentle angst about love in a slapstick context, Solondz cavorts darkly.... Full review

Both sections of Storytelling raise intriguing questions about who is exploiting whom and about the nature of creative expression. Happiness, which featured a pedophile and gratuitous displays of body fluids, proved so controversial that its distributor dropped it; the movie eventually was released, unrated, by a different company. ... Full Review

One of the most interesting things about Storytelling is....Storytelling is a nasty piece of work.....The first is set in a college creative writing workshop.....In its most awkward moments, it feels like a movie the Farrelly brothers would make....Yes, Solondz showed little compassion for his characters.... ... Full Review

As much as I liked a few aspects of "Storytelling" - the performances are good, there are some sharply (if darkly) funny lines - there are aspects were the film fails. Although the two relatively simple stories have a few sharp moments, I felt as if the sour "Storytelling" really wasn't telling anything new. ... Full Review

Like his previous work, Storytelling is well acted, tightly scripted and as usual, perversely funny.....But life would be very boring indeed without Todd Solondz and his unique style of feel bad films.....Solondz is a distinct, albeit bleak voice within the "many coloured" cinematic rainbow (he leans toward the darker tones of the spectrum)..... ... Full Review

This painfully arch and incredibly self-absorbed film - which might best be described as a dark comedy - displays nearly all of Solondz's worst and laziest filmmaking tendencies in one compact package. ... Full Review

The world premiere of Rajiv Joseph 's (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) Gruesome Playground Injuries features Selma Blair (Hellboy, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Storytelling, Legally Blonde, NBC's Kath & Kim) playing Kayleen and Brad Fleischer ( Center Theatre... ... Full Article

Special to the star For the past 30 years, Dan Yashinsky has travelled all over the world as a storyteller, author, teacher and radio host. ... Full Article

Roadshow Home Entertainment. On shelves November 27. Todd Solondz is a genius. A very dark and troubled one, but a genius none the less. Welcome To The Dollhouse was a stunning debut, Happiness a bleak but strangely affirming masterpiece, and... ... Full Article

Film Worth: $13.50 Storytelling is the third act in director Todd Solondz's tacit New Jersey chronicles, after bursting onto the scene with Welcome to the Dollhouse and achieving perfection with his witheringly intelligent, intrepidly emotional Happiness. ... Full Article

Almost alone among major DVD studios, New Line Cinema (a branch of Warner Bros.) has a somewhat archaic packaging habit. Aside from its insistence on the much-loathed cardboard "snapper case," New Line likes to slap a one-word genre label on... ... Full Article

Cult indie band Belle and Sebastian have undergone a lot of change in recent months. They have just released the soundtrack to the film Storytelling, their first album for a movie, and their cellist and vocalist, Isobel Campbell, left the... ... Full Article