A History of Violence doesn’t just back itself into a corner, it scales the wall and hangs like a frightened animal. Adequately directed by David Cronenberg, it nevertheless fails to measure up to much of its own premise, mistaking unspoken ambiguity for resolution. Film audiences will not and should not be pleased by its failure [...]
I just bought season one of Curb Your Enthusiasm, the HBO half-hour comedy show created by and starring Larry David, creator of Seinfeld and real life inspiration for George Costanza. Curb Your Enthusiasm is acerbic humour at its finest. Where Seinfeld positively reinforced our love of nothing, CYE savagely bites the hand that fed it, [...]