Children escape Hitler yet lose their families.
Opens at Varsity, Fri., May 5. Rated R. 93 minutes.
Also: Bomb the System, Brothers, The Holy Girl, and McLibel.
Desperate to propel a plot when chemistry doesn’t work, this sequel puts its heroine through the wringer. Female viewers may feel similarly abused.
Screwball comedy falls well short of classic standards.
One family’s woes in a city full of misfortune.
Tiny but mighty, microcinemas boom in Seattle
Fighting for respect in a man’s world.
Al Gore’s sobering slide show doesn’t quite add up to a movie.
In important ways, there’s something missing in this comprehensive Ozu retrospective.
Runs Fri., Oct. 14–Wed., Oct. 19, at Northwest Film Forum.
Why a nice girl wants to be gang-banged.
With choreographed camerawork.
Revenge is sweet.
THE DIGITAL BOOM has its detractors and beneficiaries in the fast-changing film world. Some eschew video, DV, streaming, and broadband,…
Why The X-Files bombs on the big screen.
He turns serious in Happy Endings.
Amélie’s in trouble, but Stephen Frears has found just the guy to save her in this satisfying little crime flick.
The best intentions gang aft agley in a heart-wrenching Scottish drama. (Don’t worry: It’s got subtitles.)
Resplendent in a peacock-purple color right out of Vanity Fair, director Mira Nair visited Seattle recently to suggest why her…
