Email Author Gregory Weinkauf

2004 Stories by Gregory Weinkauf

• Dorkula

  published December 9, 2004

  They walk among us. They resemble people, approximate our words and actions, present themselves more or less as human. And yet they are more -- a... More >>

• Call Him Al

  published November 25, 2004

  If you've ever gone line-dancing with a gaggle of amputees on crank and hallucinogens, you know something of the feeling engendered by viewing... More >>

• The Importance of Being Ernesto

  published October 7, 2004

  Revolutionary idolatry is an odd business. Just ask unruly pop singer Stew, of the unruly pop group the Negro Problem. On his Naked Dutch... More >>

• Days of Future Passed

  published September 16, 2004

  Fortune smiles on groovy egregiousness. In the case of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, the filmmakers' investment in their... More >>

• Live Baby Live

  published September 9, 2004

  Some of the people who helped bring you dank, morose amusements such as The Crow, Dark City, and The Matrix have a new movie... More >>

• Vile With a Smile

  published September 9, 2004

  Essayist. Playwright. Radio personality. Librettist. Actor. Novelist. Now, with Bright Young Things, the inimitable British wit... More >>

• Screenplay Zero

  published September 2, 2004

  You know how fear is scary? Well, director E. Elias Merhige is into that, especially in his new serial-killer thriller Suspect Zero.... More >>

• Banzai Beat

  published August 19, 2004

  Say hello to a pop cinema masterpiece. This new Japanese import opens with a massive thud not unlike Godzilla's footfall, and its cinematic... More >>

• His Guy Friday

  published August 12, 2004

  There is a phrase bandied about that other film industry -- "gay for pay" -- that means exactly what it says. The queer thing is, this... More >>

• I'll Sleep When I'm Bored

  published August 5, 2004

  It would be nice to declare, "Fans of Mike Hodges, rejoice!" or some such thing at the arrival of the veteran director's latest film -- but alas,... More >>

• King Artless

  published July 8, 2004

  Behold what is, in theory, the thinking person's ideal summer blockbuster. King Arthur features some of the planet's most beautiful... More >>

• George of the Bungle

  published June 24, 2004

  A strong toxin requires a strong antidote. In the case of the Bush administration, the cure is being served in significant part by Michael Moore,... More >>

• French Fried Synapses

  published June 10, 2004

  It's a sign that a nation may be losing its collective mind when it grants a nutty hack like Quentin Tarantino an exalted title like Officer of... More >>

• After the Fall

  published May 20, 2004

  Those seeking a spiritual counterpart to the yin of Lynne Ramsay's masterfully moody Morvern Callar will find their yang in David... More >>

• The World According to Ki-duk

  published May 13, 2004

  Ever-evolving, always changing, the universe nonetheless sustains many constants: Hair metal never really goes away. British women inevitably... More >>

• Monster Smash

  published May 6, 2004

  "We must keep the atmosphere electrified!" announces creepy Igor in reference to an abominable experiment in Van Helsing, but he... More >>

• Teen Spleen

  published April 29, 2004

  One thing few may mention about Mean Girls is that it could have been unrelentingly terrible. It isn't -- it's actually pretty... More >>

• Sour Town

  published April 22, 2004

  If only Dogville were at least involving enough to be perplexing. Sigh. In simplest terms -- which it definitely deserves -- Lars... More >>

• Punk Monk

  published March 18, 2004

  It's a bit unorthodox to ladle superlatives all over a film in the opening paragraph, but The Reckoning deserves them. Moving,... More >>

• Paris with a Spring

  published February 19, 2004

  It is so very nice when a movie completely outstrips the expectations conjured by its trailer, as is the case with The Dreamers. At... More >>

• Dude, Where's My Temporal Orientation?

  published January 22, 2004

  There is a recent generation of American men who came of age too late for free love and wanton property-grabbing, and too early for postgrunge... More >>

• Oh-la-la!

  published January 22, 2004

  Behold a tale of true love (between a boy and a bicycle), of tireless courage (from a bitty grandmother with a club foot), and of a very shocking... More >>

• American Girl

  published January 15, 2004

  Not a lot of people know this, but our word "actress" is derived from the Greek phrase strumpetos luckyos, meaning "prostitute who somehow... More >>

• She's Gonna Have It

  published January 1, 2004

  Unless you've been living under a rock for the last year -- which often seems advantageous -- you may have noticed that there's a pugnacious air... More >>