Raymond Chandler by way of Dante and Busby Berkeley may begin to describe the sensibility of "The Singing Detective," Keith Gordon's ambitious, ultimately superfluous adaptation of Dennis Potter's ...

Less a remake than a reinvention of the landmark 1986 BBC miniseries, Keith Gordon’s vibrant, hyperstylized feature is based on a script completed by Dennis Potter shortly before his death in 1994.

Robert Downey Jr. is a terrific actor but not enough people know it. His best work has been in movies few people saw. The sad part about his much-publicized drug problem wasn't just that it almost ...