Dave Kehr

Director Wayne Wang, who is still best known for his 1982 debut film ''Chan Is Missing,'' has described ''Life Is Cheap . . . But Toilet Paper is Expensive'' as...

This new ''Night of the Living Dead,'' a remake of the 1968 low-budget shocker that changed the face of American horror movies, seems to exist largely for economic reasons. Because...

Returning to independent production after a disastrous stint as the head of Columbia Pictures, David Puttnam has created ''Memphis Belle,'' a World War II adventure that revives the formula of...

''Miller`s Crossing'' is the third feature film of the Coen brothers-Joel directs, Ethan produces, and they sign their screenplays together-and it is clearly striving for a weight and significance beyond...

Cast against type as a sleazy psychopath in John Schlesinger`s ''Pacific Heights,'' Michael Keaton seems to be having a very good time-a much better time, probably, than the ticket-buying public...

Despite its horrifying explosions of violence, Martin Scorsese`s ''GoodFellas'' largely takes place as a giddy, amoral comedy. It`s one of Scorsese`s rare efforts in that direction and-it almost goes without...

It`s best to make it clear right away: ''White Hunter, Black Heart'' is one of Clint Eastwood`s best films, but it isn`t for Dirty Harry fans (for them, and I`m...

Maurizio Nichetti`s Italian film ''The Icicle Thief'' contains a great comic idea, though it stops short of becoming a great comedy. The problem may be that Nichetti is too in...

In his sharp and rousing film ''Darkman,'' director Sam Raimi synthesizes an entire pop culture tradition of masked avengers. His title character is an amalgam of the Shadow, the Phantom...

When you`ve made a movie that has had the cult impact of ''Blue Velvet''- a film that many fans have adopted as if it were a religious text-you have one...