Reel Reviews | Stomp the Yard
by Tim Gordon Almost twenty years ago, Spike Lee introduced mainstream America to African-American life at a fictional historically black college. His film, School Daze, [read more]
Reel Reviews | Arthur and the Invisibles
by Tim Gordon Some years ago, I remember getting into a heated argument on a television show with a film colleague as we were discussing [read more]
Reel Reviews | Alpha Dog
by Tim Gordon Thirty years ago in Animal House, Dean Wormer once told a student that “Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go [read more]
Reel Reviews | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Tim Gordon Last month, I was in the middle of cinematic “agony and ecstasy.” As president of the Washington Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA), [read more]
Reel Reviews | Freedom Writers
by Tim Gordon When you begin watching Freedom Writers a certain sense of déjà vu washes over you. You know the subject matter; you’ve seen [read more]
Reel Reviews | Pan’s Labyrinth
by Tim Gordon I watched the trailer for Mexican director Guillermo del Toro’s latest film, Pan’s Labyrinth and I was excited but cautious. Time after [read more]
Reel Reviews | Code Name: The Cleaner
by Tim Gordon Hello All, this will be the first of many entries as I document my life as a film critic and enthusiast. As [read more]
Conversations | Richard Roundtree
by Tim Gordon and Cameron Turner This article originally appeared on reelimagesmagazine.com on March 10, 2002 Back in 1971, a fashion model auditioned for a [read more]