Raymond Chandler by way of Dante and Busby Berkeley may begin to describe the sensibility of "The Singing Detective," Keith Gordon's ambitious, ultimately superfluous adaptation of Dennis Potter's ...

Robert Downey Jr. is a terrific actor but not enough people know it. His best work has been in movies few people saw. The sad part about his much-publicized drug problem wasn't just that it almost ...

It's good to see Robert Downey Jr. back onscreen in a big starring role after his well-publicized stumble into drug-related troubles. It would have been even better to see him in a better film.

THE LOWDOWN: Film adaptation of a critically acclaimed British miniseries about a mystery writer's relationship to women, the past and his own body. How's this for a thankless task: take a beloved, ...

Less a remake than a reinvention of the landmark 1986 BBC miniseries, Keith Gordon’s vibrant, hyperstylized feature is based on a script completed by Dennis Potter shortly before his death in 1994.