Email Author Ernest Hardy

2010 Stories by Ernest Hardy

• THE TEMPEST

  published December 9, 2010

  In Julie Taymor's hands, Shakespeare's The Tempest becomes a listless feminist parable. The duchess Prospera (Helen... More >>

• THE DREAMS OF JINSHA

  published December 2, 2010

  THE DREAMS OF JINSHA It would be great to be able to recommend an old-fashioned, hand-drawn animated film right about now,... More >>

• ME, TOO!

  published November 25, 2010

  GO  ME, TOO! Thirty-four-year-old Daniel (Pablo Pineda) is trapped between opposing worlds —... More >>

• NOTHING PERSONAL

  published November 25, 2010

  GO  NOTHING PERSONAL In her tale of a brusque, prickly young Dutch woman who inexplicably cuts herself... More >>

• UNDERTOW

  published November 25, 2010

  GO  UNDERTOW Writer-director Javier Fuentes-León's directorial debut, Undertow, is... More >>

• SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL Review

  published October 28, 2010

  The 2004 documentary Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire is brutal viewing, recounting the experiences of... More >>

• THE MAGICIAN Review

  published October 28, 2010

  Ye gods, it's another mockumentary. In this one, Melbourne hit man Ray Shoesmith (Scott Ryan, who also wrote, directed, and produced the film... More >>

• TICKED OFF TRANNIES WITH KNIVES

  published October 21, 2010

  TICKED OFF TRANNIES WITH KNIVES Writer-director Israel Luna's Ticked Off Trannies With Knives was first introduced to... More >>

• LETTERS TO FATHER JACOB

  published October 14, 2010

  GO LETTERS TO FATHER JACOB There's a sparse elegance to writer-director Klaus Härö's Letters to Father Jacob, a... More >>

• CASH CROP

  published October 7, 2010

  GO  CASH CROP If there was ever a documentary that embodied the essence and assorted mythologies... More >>

• Hot Summer Days

  published October 7, 2010

  Hot Summer Days, directed by Wing Shya and Tony Chan, and written by Chan and Lucretia Ho, is the kind of film where pretty girls work in... More >>

• The House That Sweetback's Built

  published September 30, 2010

  Sometimes an artist's work spawns imitations that are at direct political odds with its inspiration's intentions. That... More >>

• YOU AGAIN

  published September 30, 2010

  YOU AGAIN There's a dance-off in You Again that pits the four lead female characters against one another in what's meant to be... More >>

• Movie Review: Heaven's Rain

  published September 16, 2010

  HEAVEN'S RAIN Based on the true story of the murders of co-screenwriter Brooks Douglas' parents, Heaven's Rain kicks off... More >>

• Movie Review: Hideaway

  published September 16, 2010

  GO  HIDEAWAY There are actually two hideaways in François Ozon's meditative Hideaway — the... More >>

• Movie Review: One Hundred Mornings

  published September 16, 2010

  GO  ONE HUNDRED MORNINGS "I knew it was coming," says a character in writer-director Conor Horgan's... More >>

• Movie Review: Skirt Day

  published September 16, 2010

  SKIRT DAY A third-act reveal in writer-director Jean-Paul Lilienfeld's Skirt Day is meant to make viewers recast... More >>

• Movie Review: The Virginity Hit

  published September 16, 2010

  THE VIRGINITY HIT Buried beneath Virginity Hit's determinedly crude gags about diarrhea, incest and frat-house debauchery is... More >>

• Movie Review: NESHOBA: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM

  published September 9, 2010

  GO NESHOBA: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM If Andrew Breitbart's recent sliming of Shirley Sherrod ultimately shows how... More >>

• Brief Interviews With Naked Men

  published July 29, 2010

  FAMILY AFFAIR (USA) At the age of 10, director Chico David Colvard — imitating his TV hero "The Rifleman" —... More >>

• Out at the Movies

  published July 8, 2010

  The 28th Outfest Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival kicks off July 8. We've noted some of our favorite films from their pleasingly... More >>

• Climate of Film

  published July 1, 2010

  The best film in this week's Tribeca Film showcase is Brian Hill's fantastic Climate of Change, a sobering look at the havoc wreaked... More >>

• The Tribeca Film Festival's Westward Expansion

  published June 24, 2010

  The latest experiment in saving indie film comes courtesy of Tribeca Film, a branch of the DeNiro-founded brand that — in collaboration... More >>

• Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival: Subculture Within a Subculture

  published April 29, 2010

  One of the hottest tickets for this year's L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival will undoubtedly be Lixin Fan's exquisite... More >>

• Strange Death Fellows

  published April 8, 2010

  "You know, if people just go into the theater looking to have a good time and to laugh, this film absolutely delivers," says... More >>