One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das Runs Fri., June 7–Thurs., June 13 at Northwest Film Forum. Not rated. 72 minutes. It’s easy to… Continue reading
Love Is All You Need Opens Fri., May 24 at Seven Gables & Meridian. Rated R. 110 minutes. Philip and Ida, who meet cute at… Continue reading
I recently learned from science—meaning The New York Times—that during the millennia it took us to domesticate wolves into dogs, our genome co-evolved in the… Continue reading
Kon-Tiki Opens Fri., May 17 at Harvard Exit.
Rated PG-13. 101 minutes. How many filmmakers today, apart from Werner Herzog, would drift across the South Pacific… Continue reading
At Any Price Opens Fri., May 17 at Pacific Place and Sundance Cinemas. Rated R. 105 minutes. The cycle of teeny-bop pop stars is so… Continue reading
Kiss of the Damned Opens Fri., May 10 at Harvard Exit.
Rated R. 97 minutes. Some vampires are new (Twilight), some vampires are old (Nosferatu),… Continue reading
My yellowed high-school paperback of The Great Gatsby runs only 182 pages. Baz Luhrmann’s lavish new 3-D adaptation demands 142 minutes to tell. I mention… Continue reading
The Source Family Opens Fri., May 3 at SIFF Film Center.
Not rated. 98 minutes. We know how this story is supposed to end, and… Continue reading
Simon Killer Runs Fri., May 3–Thurs., May 9
at Northwest Film Forum.
Not rated. 105 minutes. There are interesting movie sociopaths, and there are the… Continue reading
Night Across the Street Runs Fri., April 26–Thurs., May 2 at Northwest Film Forum. Not rated.
110 Minutes. Billed as the last completed film by Raul… Continue reading
Oversized glossy magazines, often imported from Europe, once offered huge photo spreads of the latest fashions, architecture, home furnishings, and design. They were look books,… Continue reading
Pavilion Runs Fri., April 19–Thurs., April 25 at Northwest Film Forum. Not rated.
72 minutes. Remember Slacker? Think all the way back to 1991, when… Continue reading
Apart from children’s exhibits, there’s usually a prohibition against touching anything at a museum. And to take anything would be a crime. Yet both the… Continue reading
Trance Opens Fri., April 12 at Guild 45th and other theaters. Rated R. 104 minutes. Hypnosis is a hoary old plot device at the movies.… Continue reading
To the Wonder Opens Fri., April 12 at Egyptian.
Rated R. 113 minutes. Though booed at its Venice Film Festival premiere, Terrence Malick’s To the… Continue reading
Starbuck Opens Fri., April 12 at Sundance Cinemas and Lincoln Square. Rated R. 108 minutes. Who doesn’t love children? And more children means more love,… Continue reading
Gimme the Loot Opens Fri., April 12 at Varsity.
Not rated. 81 minutes. As they complain about HBO’s Girls today, as people have long complained… Continue reading
Band of Sisters Runs Fri., April 12–Thurs., April 18
at Northwest Film Forum.
Not rated. 88 minutes. The new pope grabs the headlines, but what… Continue reading
Take my money! Why won’t you take my money? In case you haven’t noticed, our economy is moving to a frictionless, cashless system. We pay… Continue reading
The Sapphires Opens Fri. April 5 at Seven Gables. Rated PG-13. 99 minutes. There’s no other way to describe this Australian movie: Dreamgirls meets Rabbit-Proof… Continue reading