All My Children

My review of The Children of Men comes out tomorrow. I wanted the movie to be as brilliant as the book, but my reaction, even after several weeks of consideration, was to find it intense, captivating--and basically empty. It's directed to the hilt, though, with one shot that will cause true cine-nerds to blubber in jaw-agape awe. So it's one of those films that I may eventually reevaluate. If there's a film this year that critics, and maybe even mass audiences, will look back on and rethink, Blade Runner style, this is it. (And by that, I definitely want you to gather that The Fountain will not be that film.) Anyway, you should read this interview with Cuaron and this Voice review by J. Hoberman, both of which put the movie in a useful light.