Syd Field’s Kind of News
Sharon Waxman of the Washington Post laments the poor box office takes of (generally) good films. If she’s looking for someone to blame, why not critics like Scot Lehigh of the Boston Globe Magazine, who apparently has trouble following any sort of slight deviation from straightforward, three-act, no-twist narrative.
Disclaimer: I agree that Vanilla Sky and the “Matrix” series are painful to watch, but for reasons other than “I didn’t understand.” I’d hate to see what Lehigh thought of “Fight Club,” “Adaptation,” or even “Rashomon.”