Email Author Bill Gallo

2006 Stories by Bill Gallo

• Practical Magic

  published August 17, 2006

  If, at this remove, we can imagine Vienna in the late 1890s, we behold a great imperial capital in ferment. Gustav Mahler is not only reinventing... More >>

• Now Playing

  published July 27, 2006

  Woody Allen might have done well to end his expatriate adventure in London with last year's intriguing morality tale Match Point. This... More >>

• Now Playing

  published June 29, 2006

  Vondie Curtis Hall's irrational and contradictory crime thriller stars Tyrese Gibson (2 Fast 2 Furious) as an indestructible ex-con who,... More >>

• Psycho Cowboy

  published May 25, 2006

  The Old West has vanished, John Wayne is dead, and — this just in — the two most famous ranch hands in America are gay. But there... More >>

• Troubled Water

  published May 18, 2006

  If some religious extremists in India had gotten their way, the gorgeous fury of Deepa Mehta 's Water never would have reached the... More >>

• Un-American Dream

  published May 18, 2006

  The lovable hero of Goal! The Dream Begins is the kind of guy some Americans don't find very appealing these days — a Mexican... More >>

• Hoop Dreams Come True

  published March 16, 2006

  Through the Fire (Disney) He's averaging just nine points in his second season for the Portland Trail Blazers, but considering... More >>

• Now Playing

  published February 23, 2006

  The centerpiece of this preposterous bit of historical fiction is an opulent dinner party hosted by a wealthy Hungarian-Jewish industrialist and... More >>

• Now Playing

  published February 16, 2006

  In Frank Marshall's inspirational adventure movie, based on a 1983 Japanese blockbuster, a team of intrepid sled dogs marooned in Antarctica... More >>

• Now Playing

  published February 9, 2006

  Sporting a prosthetic bulb-nose, a faceful of warts, and a lumpy torso Lon Chaney might envy, the usually elegant Emma Thompson makes for a... More >>

• Now Playing

  published February 2, 2006

  Anthony Hopkins lends style points to any movie in which he appears. Roger Donaldson's real-life tale about an eccentric fellow New Zealander, who... More >>

• Romeo in the Rough

  published January 19, 2006

  Over the centuries, the legend of Tristram and Iseult has fueled the derring-do of King Arthur, aroused Richard Wagner's operatic thunder, driven... More >>

• Tarnished Ivory

  published January 19, 2006

  With the release of The White Countess, the much-honored Merchant Ivory canon is complete. Bombay-born producer Ismail Merchant died... More >>

• Bet on Black

  published January 12, 2006

  Over the years, moviegoers who double as sports fans have had ample opportunity to pick and choose their favorite miracle — Shoeless Joe... More >>

• Now Playing

  published January 12, 2006

  The studied British theatricality and sharp wit of Stephen Frears's comedy are likely to make it a favorite among nostalgists, theater buffs, and... More >>

• Now Playing

  published January 5, 2006

  The Jerry Lewis chromosome is running amok again inside Jim Carrey, and in this remake of the 1977 George Segal-Jane Fonda farce, he revels in his... More >>