Forster novel is a handsome and intelligent piece of work: a faithful, well-paced, and carefully crafted dramatization of a very good story.

NEWYORKER: Howards End

This dark comedy, based on a true story, and directed by Richard Linklater, is a hybrid form part dramatization, part documentary, with interviews with actual people from Carthage.

NEWYORKER: Bernie

He plays Matt, a standup comedian with a story to tell, and he tells it, straight to the camera, to punctuate its dramatization in flashbacks.

NEWYORKER: Sleepwalk with Me