The Moderns

I must admit Alan Rudolph's work is hard to either greatly admire or sternly criticize. He has become one of these directors, like David Cronenberg or Paul Verhooven, that some love and some despise. But, the reality is it is hard... Full review

*****SPOILER ALERT!!!***** Alan Rudolph's "The Moderns" is a wonderful, funny and twisted film set in 1920's Paris, France. The front burner story is a triangle between Nick, his runaway wife and a cold as ice businessman that wants to obtain a... Full review

Alan Rudolph does not make movies for everyone to see. His movies seem like personal projects that interest him at the time. Some of his movies I haven't been able to get involved in (Trixie, Mortal Thoughts, Afterglow) but with The... Full review

This may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it has a genuine, unpretentious charm to it that I found appealing. Alan Rudolph made this delightful little ode to lies, trickery and delusion on a shoestring budget. The story of a... Full review

This is a fairly enjoyable tale set in the art world of 1920s Paris. The look of the film and the mood it creates are the most important things; far more important than the enjoyable, yet slow-moving plotline. It is highly... Full review

That's "The Moderns" at its best -- an ingenuous mix of sight, sound and snappy repartee -- just as you'd imagine it in a Left Bank cafe'. In "The Moderns," celebrity art forger David Stein plays an art critic who stupidly condemns a real Ce'zanne to the fire and thereby authenticates a copy by the movie's hero. ... Full Review

Now in "The Moderns," Rudolphworld takes over 1920s Paris with its own sensory elegance, pseudo-legend and wry observations on art, fakery, business and plagiarism. As created by director Alan Rudolph, it is a place of eccentricity over explanation, weird and wondrous over linear and logical. ... Full Review

In a café one day, Hart spies Rachel Stone (Linda Fiorentino) on the arm of her husband, Bertram (John Lone), a condom magnate and art patron who's trying to buy his way into society. Older and less successful than many of his fellow painters, Hart relies on gallery owner Libby Valentin (Genevieve Bujold) to sell what she can of his work while he supports himself drawing cartoons for Oiseau's weekly column. ... Full Review

In a café one day, Hart spies Rachel Stone (Linda Fiorentino) on the arm of her husband, Bertram (John Lone), a condom magnate and art patron who's trying to buy his way into society. Older and less successful than many of his fellow painters, Hart relies on gallery owner Libby Valentin (Genevieve Bujold) to sell what she can of his work while he supports himself drawing cartoons for Oiseau's weekly column. ... Full Review

As a jazz trumpeter turned Jack-of-all-sounds composer, Mark Isham's styles have ranged from big band ( QUIZ SHOW ) to the epically bucolic ( A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT ) and suspensefully pulsating action ( KISS THE GIRLS ). ... Full Article

When I was in college, we used to do "source studies" for the plays of Shakespeare, reading the books that were allegedly in his library and trying to figure out where he got his ideas. ... Full Article