Daniel Kraus Archive

Daniel Kraus recently wrapped on his second feature film, Ball of Wax (www.ballofwaxmovie.com), a dark drama about a sociopathic professional baseball player. Kraus' first film, Jefftowne was an international film festival favorite, and was distributed by Troma Films last fall. In addition to Gadfly, Kraus writes for Salon.com and Maxim magazine.

TRON:
20 Years Later and Still Unbelievably Weird
01-28-02

A Brief History of Errol Morris
01-28-02

Hoodlums, Junkies, and Droogs:
The Ultra-Violent Year of 1972
01-14-02

Black Christmas:
The anti-Christmas story
11-26-01

Citizen Shame
Avoiding Orson
11-26-01

Michael Jackson:
Invincible or Off-the-Wall?
11-12-01

Paradise Lost:
Stallone's follow-up to Rocky
10-29-01

Still the Fairest of Them All
Snow White gets the royal treatment
10-15-01

Boogeymen:
A Fine Reminder of Horror Highs (and Lows)
10-01-01

One More Game:
The Hustler Turns 40
9-17-01

The Wicker Man Cometh
9-02-01


XXX ACTION!
Daniel Kraus gets caught in the excitement of the X-Games.
8-27-01


The Omega Man Turns 30...And Boy Can You Tell
8-20-01

When Scary Just Isn't Scary Anymore
Christine, Fright Night,
and The Goonies
8-06-01

Those Damn Dirty Apes:
A Complete Primate Primer to the Planet of the Apes Films
7-23-01

http://www.gadflyonline.com/7-23-01/cinematimecapsule.HTML
Revisit the original Shaft, "the cat who won't cop out."
7-16-01

Arousing An Apathetic Audience
How Movie Sex Scenes Turn Us On(or Off)
7-16-01

Salutations De Cannes
A Daily Diary From the 54th Cannes Film Festival
5/09-17/01


Print Archives

A Whole New Ball Game:
Lars-Erik Fisk Re-Invents the Wheel
AC/DC sang about big balls. Lars-Erik Fisk plays with them.

August '99

Something Bad
David Cronenberg and the death of humanity

June '99

Star Wars:
The New Hope of the Phantom Menace
Can George Lucas deliver us from old age and return us to the purity of our childhood?

May '99

Rhythm Thief:
David Mamet and the Dangerous Art of the Con
"This is the David Mamet that we writers have wet dreams about being–manly, vulgar, smart and really, really popular."

April '99

Serious Spectacle:
Little Stevie Goes Hollywood
"Little Stevie Spielberg . . . We knew we'd always be able to trust him to be that simple, earnest kid everyone loved so much. The only problem: Stevie did not exist."

March '99

Kiss Me Deadly
25 of the Greatest Screen Villains of All Time