Fairuza Balk

Review: Davy Rothbart tells it true in 'My Heart Is an Idiot'

2012-09-16 00:00:00

-------------------- My Heart Is an Idiot Essays Davy Rothbart Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 320 pp, $26 -------------------- The love of Davy Rothbart's life is a character from Allison Anders' 1992 film "Gas Food Lodging." Shade, played by Fairuza...

'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call -- New Orleans'

2010-04-04 10:48:36

Almost 20 years after director Abel Ferrara's cult classic that starred Harvey Keitel, this revision gives Nicolas Cage the central role as a vice-ridden police detective in -- indicating the updating here -- the title city in the aftermath of Hurricane...

Nicolas Cage Drama Adds 10 'Bad' Actors

2008-07-03 00:00:00

In one fell swoop, the cast of Werner Herzog's "Bad Lieutenant" has grown around star Nicolas Cage, with the addition of 10 actors. The update of Abel Ferrara's 1992 cult drama will begin shooting later this summer from a script by William Finkelstein....

'Wild Tigers I Have Known'

2007-04-06 00:00:00

Pubescence is where the wild things are, and it is in this jungle of raging hormones and alienation that writer-director Cam Archer's "Wild Tigers I Have Known" situates Logan (Malcolm Stumpf), a gangly young boy with great hair but an unfortunate fashion...

Fast-Paised review: Don't Come Knocking'

2006-03-30 14:36:56

Big question: Actor Howard Spence (Sam Shepard) blows off filming his latest Western to reunite with his mom (Eva Marie Saint), find a lost love (Jessica Lange) and look for the son (Gabriel Mann) he never knew. Is this just "Broken Flowers" in cowboy...

Movie review: Don't Come Knocking'

2006-03-30 14:37:57

3 stars (out of four) In Wim Wenders' "Don't Come Knocking," writer-star Sam Shepard plays Howard Spence, a movie actor who looks physically fit and a bit dissolute at the same time -- suggesting part of the mystery and magic of movie stardom. Spence...

'Don't Come Knocking'

2006-08-07 00:00:00

You couldn't honestly call "Don't Come Knocking" a good movie -- well, not unless you had a different definition for "good," or "movie," than most -- but there's something compelling to it, even at its most insane. This is not as weird as it sounds:...

Movie review: 'What Is It?'

2006-11-16 00:00:00

2� stars (out of four) If you're looking for the ultimate in non-mainstream moviemaking this season, Crispin Hellion Glover's bizarre cinematic bad dream "What Is It?" -- playing Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Music Box Theatre, together with Glover'...

'Personal Velocity'

2002-11-27 00:00:00

Rebecca Miller's "Personal Velocity" sneaks up on you. The film and its title originate with a slim collection of stories Miller published last year that was politely received in reviews that often seemed to miss the point. On the face of it, the book and...

'Deuces Wild'

2002-05-03 00:00:00

Who knows? Maybe being in a street gang in late-1950s New York really was like being trapped in a bad movie. All that jazz about defending turf, avenging real and imagined slights, and adopting a thugs' code of honor could have been sculpted from cheese...

The Waterboy

1998-11-06 00:00:00

Friday November 6, 1998 ��The common wisdom on the school of Jerry Lewis-manque idiot comics is that they serve as whipping boys for the self-esteem-starved audiences of the X, Y or Z generations--that their film personae can make anyone feel good...

American History X

1998-10-28 00:00:00

Wednesday October 28, 1998 ��The mischievous shenanigans of director Tony Kaye have created a considerable show-biz fuss over "American History X," his debut film that depicts neo-Nazi racism infecting one man's family. As often happens in Hollywood,...

This quartet of downtrodden teen girls discover their power when they discover magic -- and immediately give themselves sexy makeovers. Because what else is magic good for?

2012-10-30 06:09:38

Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk and the rest of the high school witches in Andrew Fleming's 1996 film honed their spellcasting abilities at Leo Carillo State Beach and in the cave located here. Find it on the map.

2012-10-24 11:16:00

Balk arrives at the premiere of her new movie "The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans."

2009-11-05 12:56:04