Articles by James Keast

The Hustler

Robert Rossen

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2007

Paul Newman’s 1961 breakthrough The Hustler -- in which he plays a "born loser” pool hustler who comes up against a legend in the form of M...

The Verdict

Sidney Lumet

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2007

The Verdict, the 1983 courtroom drama by star director Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Network) and written by playwright David Mamet, was a de...

The Ladykillers

Joel and Ethan Coen

PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2007

The brothers Coen (Joel and Ethan) have yet to make a film that didn’t involve a criminal element of some sort. They also haven’t made any...

The Chaplin Collection Vol. 2

Charles Chaplin

PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2007

This second box-set of Charlie Chaplin films provides a couple of classic features as well as greater depth and breadth in the understandin...

La Vie En Rose

Olivier Dahan

PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2007

The tiny, frail-looking woman with the monstrously dramatic voice is a national icon in France, but the woman they call the "little sparrow...

Steven Wright

PUBLISHED May 29, 2007

Since the early 1980s, Steven Wright has put his own distinct stamp on the world of comedy, one of the few who’s identifiable from the firs...

What Crawls Beneath

It’s A Bug’s Life in The Exterminators

PUBLISHED May 25, 2007

It starts with the bugs. What better symbol to represent the widening gulf between haves and have-nots in Los Angeles than the teeming unde...

The 4400: Season Three

PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

One can only imagine the cursing that’s taking place in the production offices of The 4400, the relatively acclaimed but consigned to cable...