Email Author Bill Gallo

2000 Stories by Bill Gallo

• Family Values

  published December 21, 2000

  The moods of Kenneth Lonergan's You Can Count on Me are so artfully mingled that it's difficult to get a fix on this highly personal... More >>

• Into Rare Air

  published December 7, 2000

  About halfway through the megabudget mountain climbing adventure Vertical Limit, even the most rugged, thrill-hungry fans of... More >>

• Life in the Pits

  published November 16, 2000

  The soon-to-be-talked-about sensations in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream include three or four flashing near-subliminal... More >>

• Flash Fame

  published November 9, 2000

  Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand (Jesus of Montreal) isn't the first guy to skewer what Tennessee Williams called “the bitch-goddess o... More >>

• Lumet Lite

  published October 26, 2000

  Any moviemaker who ventures into the sewers of New York City corruption will find Sidney Lumet's wet footprints. In classics like The... More >>

• Ballet Bound

  published October 12, 2000

  The setting of Stephen Daldry's uplifting comedy Billy Elliot, which is about a... More >>

• A Touch of Cute

  published September 21, 2000

  Some may find reason to embrace the romantic comedy Woman on Top as the nonsensical but sweet-tempered fantasy of two South American... More >>

• Comedy Central

  published August 17, 2000

  As any Klump family member can tell you, this has been a hot summer for black comedians. New movies starring Martin Lawrence, the Wayans brothers,... More >>

• Reefer Madness

  published August 17, 2000

  Irish charm and British eccentricity are hot properties on this side of the pond, especially among U.S. moviegoers. Witness the phenomenal success... More >>

• Buck Teeth

  published July 20, 2000

  Directed by Miguel Arteta. Screenplay by Mike White. Starring Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros, Beth Colt, and Paul Weitz. More >>

• Groove Is from the Heart

  published June 29, 2000

  It has taken moviemakers and, more crucially, foot-dragging movie investors, almost a decade to catch up with rave culture, the heady mix of... More >>

• Good Cop, Bad Cop

  published June 22, 2000

  In the new Jim Carrey farce, Me, Myself & Irene, the rubber-faced comedian plays a meek Rhode Island state trooper named Charlie, whose... More >>

• The Last Word

  published April 20, 2000

  In the rich mythology of The New Yorker, a periodical renowned for the quality of its writing and the quirks of its writers, no... More >>

• Grand Illusion

  published January 20, 2000

  The world's demand for minimally talented 30-year-old high school dropouts who believe they're great poets or great musicians or great movie... More >>