Steven Spielberg Archive
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Steven Spielberg’s Obama reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on May 1, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White The worst Steven Spielberg production ever is, without doubt, his Obama homage, Steven Spielberg’s Obama. Unlike his disingenuous Obama-in-disguise campaign feature film, Lincoln, this two-minute satirical short... -
42: The Jackie Robinson Legend reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on April 9, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White We are fortunate to be spared Spike Lee’s take on the Jackie Robinson story, which surely would have been spiteful: emphatic about race grievance and loaded with... -
‘Django Unchained,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on December 24, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com At this point in his career, is there anything Quentin Tarantino can do to surprise us? Absolutely. I was floored by 2009’s “Inglourious Basterds” – not by the violence... -
Zero Dark Thirty named 2012′s Best Picture
Posted on December 3, 2012 | No CommentsKathryn Bigelow’s war drama Zero Dark Thirty, about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, was named Best Picture from this year’s vote. The film also won two other awards for... -
‘Lincoln,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on November 7, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Don’t know much about history – but you don’t have to in order to be captivated by Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln.” Instead of making a conventional biopic, Spielberg and writer... -
The Turin Horse reviewed by Armond Whitefor CityArtd
Posted on February 5, 2012 | No CommentsBy Armond White Bela Tarr’s The Turin Horse isn’t funny at all but it sure is laughable. A Hungarian farmer with a bum arm Ohlsdorfer (Janos Derzi) lives in a... -
The Lost Art of Virtuosity
Posted on January 19, 2012 | No CommentsBy Armond White for CityArts Light Bulb Virtuosity–the quality that lit up the best of arts culture during 2012–turns out to be the quality least appreciated in this transitional period... -
Tintin and War Horse: Spielberg’s Game Changers. Reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on January 18, 2012 | 1 CommentBy Armond White Movie-watching can never be same after the double header of Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin, his first animated film, and his live-action War Horse. Each film... -
‘War Horse,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on December 26, 2011 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com It’s unusual to have Steven Spielberg competing with himself at the box office this holiday weekend, but there he is – with “The Adventures of Tintin” and now with... -
‘The Adventures of Tintin,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on December 21, 2011 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Herge’s “Tintin” comics have been huge in France since they were first published in 1929, but have never quite translated to American popularity. In the 1990s, an animated version...