Andrew Gutman, Author at The Georgetown Voice

The novel thing about movies

For about as long as there have been movies, people have been making books into movies. The urge makes sense, as many of humanity’s greatest stories had already been written... Read more

By Andrew Gutman March 29, 2014

Halftime Leisure

Bad Words is obscenely good

Bad Words is a film that could have easily gone sour. The premise sounds like something that would promise a dull story and empty crass humor. But luckily for us,... Read more

By Andrew Gutman March 21, 2014

Leisure

One Jake Gyllenhaal simply isn’t enough

What would you do if you met someone who looked just like you? No, exactly like you? That’s the question the film Enemy asks us, to no clear conclusion. Enemy... Read more

By Andrew Gutman March 20, 2014

Leisure

New Clooney film a monumental letdown

The Monuments Men—a good ol’ American story of saving masterpieces of art from the Nazis, for the sake of life, liberty, and the American Way. It tells the story of... Read more

By Andrew Gutman February 6, 2014

Leisure

Is the Man Who is Tall Happy? Chomsky doesn’t know

Noam Chomsky, linguist at the Massachusetts Institue of Technology and notable political activist, is often considered one of the finest thinkers alive. Michel Gondry, director of Eternal Sunshine of the... Read more

By Andrew Gutman December 5, 2013