Lying Phonies - Keep Out!

Steve Finkelstein

Steve has attended such hallowed institutions of learning as Santa Monica City College, Cal St. Northridge and Sherwood Oaks Film School. His past experience includes running a film society in L.A., being a film critic for TV Compulog (a cable television magazine), and doing research for an entertainment journalist. Like half the population of L.A, he is pushing a screenplay. Despite having a background in entertainment, his column will focus on a variety of issues: current events, politics and issues regarding the net. And, of course, entertainment.

"As a person I tend to be very cynical, but in a benign fashion; a cynic is a failed idealist, after all. The leader of the cynics in Ancient Greece was Diogenes. He was simply looking for an honest man. Through my columns, I'd like to rip away the veneer of BS we frequently encounter in life and expose the truth. Hopefully, I'll succeed in that regard."

Cinema '05: Reflections on the Oscars
and the Best Films of the Year—February 9, 2006

The Dumbing Down of U.S. Films—July 12, 2005

Film Grab Bag: Belated Film Reviews—May 23, 2005

Retrospective Reviews: The Battle of Algiers—February 17, 2005

My Top 20 U.S. Films (Sci-Fi & All Genres)—February 8, 2005

Head On and My Favorite Foreign Films—February 3, 2005

Reflections on the Oscars—January 27, 2005

Steve's Inbox: Cinema '04—January 18, 2005

Bargain Bin: Innocent Blood—January 12, 2005

The Aviator and 2004's Best Films—January 5, 2005

The Sublime and the Stupid—December 22, 2004

Bad Cinema 2004: Closer—December 17, 2004