The Film Yap

After 10 years of crappy remakes that went on to become box office hits, Tim Burton’s bad karma finally caught up to him with the bloodless “Dark Shadows.” Continue reading →

Michelle Pfeiffer and Johnny Depp star in Tim Burton’s tale of a vampire who returns to the land of the living in “Dark Shadows” and Elizabeth Banks and Chris Pine find family in “People Like Us.” Continue reading →

As dense and twisty as its soap opera source material, this latter Burton effort blithely juggles droll humor and tragic romance. Continue reading →

This week, Tim Burton tumbles down the rabbit hole, delivering a surprisingly personal commentary along the way. Continue reading →

This adaptation of the 1979 stage musical is easily Burton’s grimmest work. Continue reading →

Tim Burton returns to the world of hand-crafted wonder for this delightfully whimsical fairy tale romance. Continue reading →

A backwards step from “Big Fish,” this film features one of the few Burton worlds to which you’ll want to remain an outsider. Continue reading →

Horror buff Nile Arena joins Sam to discuss Burton’s best genre experiment since “Batman.” Continue reading →

To many critics, this film is Tim Burton’s mark of legitimacy — his big, beautiful step into biographical, black-and-white, Oscar-friendly territory. Continue reading →

Out of all of Tim Burton’s outsider dramas, this one is easily his most personal, poignant and imaginative. Continue reading →