No Friend Of Mine

John Sayles has a new film out, Amigo.  It's about America's adventures in the Philippines.  Sayles is a good filmmaker who's at his worst when he gets didactic, so I was already wary of the subject.

But then I looked at the ad in the LA Weekly. They quoted from J. Hoberman's reivew: "Engrossing...intelligently rip-roaring, a thoughful action film...a teachable moment."

Amigo is a teachable moment?  Thanks for the warning. One less film I need to check out.