Glenn Heath Jr.

Glenn Heath Jr. is a film critic for Slant Magazine, Not Coming To a Theater Near You, and The L Magazine, and a Film Programmer for the San Diego Latino Film Festival. He is also a proud member of the OFCS and the San Diego Film Critics Society. Glenn resides in San Diego, Calif. where he roots for the Padres no matter how badly they make him feel. Contact him at glenn@criticspeak.com.

Review: “The Bourne Legacy”

Glenn Heath Jr. / August 9, 2012

One moment of quiet solitude stands out amongst all the kinetic action sequences and globetrotting theatrics that have defined the Jason Bourne trilogy up to this point: a man’s lifeless body floats in the ocean, captured in low angle by a submerged camera and backlit by brilliant moonlight. It’s a shot that represents the fragility […]

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Review: “360”

Glenn Heath Jr. / August 9, 2012

Since his audacious gangster film debut “City of God” made him an instant art house sensation in 2002, director Fernando Meirelles has tackled one heavy subject after another in what has felt like a desperate attempt to be taken seriously as an artist. In turn, Meirelles’s films have been defined by a troubling self-seriousness that

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