Zachary Herrmann

Predating and surpassing so many cinematic take-downs aimed at the Mayberry image of the suburbs, Bigger Than Life is one of the most-overlooked of great American films.

Mar 20, 2010 - Zachary Herrmann

As with the best of the director's output, Ophuls's Lola Montes isn't directed so much as orchestrated.

Feb 15, 2010 - Zachary Herrmann

Oh, the perils and pleasures of youth. Thankfully, this adaptation never shies away from high school sex, drugs and...Serge Gainsbourg?

Jan 6, 2010 - Zachary Herrmann

As a fitting companion to the Dardennes' previous film, L'Enfant, Lorna's Silence is equally probing in its depiction of desensitized urban dwellers.

Dec 29, 2009 - Zachary Herrmann

With Tom Ford's noted background in fashion as a designer and as Gucci's creative director, it'd be easy to dismiss his foray into film as a case of style-over-substance.

Dec 24, 2009 - Zachary Herrmann

No matter how much love Orson Welles's follow up to Citizen Kane gets, The Magnificent Ambersons will never live down the potential of what could have been.

Dec 15, 2009 - Zachary Herrmann

Despite all the moral and inspirational mumbo jumbo crammed into to Clint Eastwood's Nelson Mandela flick, there are only two real lessons to be taken away from Invictus.

Dec 10, 2009 - Zachary Herrmann

The spirit of Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre is alive and kicking in this fictional, coming-of-age story set around the opening of Julius Caesar.

Dec 8, 2009 - Zachary Herrmann

It would be unfair to compare Brothers to its far superior source material, the 2002 film of the same name, if the remake didn't hedge so close to the original.

Dec 3, 2009 - Zachary Herrmann

Like the film's crazed protagonist, New Orleans policeman Terrence McDonagh, Bad Lieutenant is a fascinating case of conflicted allegiances.

Nov 24, 2009 - Zachary Herrmann