© USA Films
Another strong argument for Steven Soderbergh to be taken seriously, Traffic is an engaging movie about ‘the war on drugs’ in the US. Soderbergh uses the multiple-smaller threads-making-a-bigger-canvas approach, and does it with élan in this docu-drama. The screenplay is gripping, and the camera work is investigative news-story style, which I thought was [...]
Traffic
High Fidelity
© Touchstone Pictures
Stephen Frears is another director I’m discovering, and getting to like more, with each movie of his I watch. High Fidelity is a smart and sensible comedy about a man and his mid-life crisis. Rob (John Cusack) is a vintage vinyl record storeowner in Chicago, who has just had an unpleasant break-up with [...]
