Articles by Richard von Busack
by Richard von Busack
On Guy Fawkes’ night when London is blitzed by fireworks, aliens crash land: eyeless furry beasts whose snaggled teeth glow like ultra violet lights. Dark silhouettes, they look like Muppets made out …
by Richard von Busack
EVER SINCE Russ Meyer told me that the dead German soldiers always carried the best porn in their pockets, I’ve been skeptical of the Reichian theory that what fascists need is a …
by Richard von Busack
THE ROOTS of the story of Titus Andronicus go back to the Roman poet Ovid. The Help (a relatively benign and bloodless variation on the tale) proves once again that Shakespeare certainly …
By Richard von Busack
It’s surprising how much you want to see a gorilla in a helicopter, without every really knowing you wanted to see it until you see it. Rise of the Planet of the …
by Richard von Busack
CAN’T CALL IT anthropomorphosis, when the subject is an anthro already. Elizabeth Hess’ book Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human is the source for the new documentary by James Marsh …
by Richard von Busack
(Plays Sat, Aug 6 at noon in San Jose at Camera 12.)
THE RAMAYANA tends to be too complex a story for unsophisticated Western minds, so Nina Paley’s heartbreak—chronicled in her lovable, jewel-colored …
by Richard von Busack
At the San Jose Peace and Justice Center 7pm, 48 S. 7th in San Jose, 7pm.
Aug 6 and Aug 9 are the 61st anniversary of two world shaking calamities. Commemoration can …
by RIchard von Busack
KIDNAPPING thrillers are mostly dull. The ones that aren’t (such as the two versions of The Vanishing and Kurosawa’s High and Low) are exceptions that prove the rule. But Lucas Belvaux’s Rapt …
By Richard von Busack
Its high concept idea is thoroughly chewed over by a group of writers, certainly exceeding the already big number of scriptwriters credited. Cowboys and Aliens never rises above its generic title, or …
By Richard von Busack
It starts where Frankenstein ends, in the realm of ice. Captain America: The First Avenger is an optimistic spin on the story of a man-made creature. It is indeed American; it fits …
