Cocaine highs yield to family lows.
Stanley Donen was famed as a director of musicals, and this delightful 1963 Euro thriller is fittingly light on its…
Critic ruefully recalls the dregs of ’01.
Two great egos, three great films.
Teen boys become more than friends, less than lovers.
Shohei Imamura’s latest is a dizzying, twisted ride.
Ron Howard strips a genuine working man’s hero of his social significance. But our Wal-Mart nation will probably still cheer.
LAST WEEK I sat down with Marilyn Agrelo, the warm and chatty New York–based director of Mad Hot Ballroom (SIFF…
New Line Home Ent., $27.95.
‘Friends,’ Korean-American style.
Once-reliable vehicle finds itself running on empty.
Opens at Varsity, Fri., March 24. Rated R. 85 minutes.
He talks his Broken Flowers.
Cynical, middle-aged Dora (Fernanda Montenegro) is a retired schoolteacher who makes ends meet by writing letters for Rio de Janeiro’s…
Who needs modern CGI animation? This charming French throwback takes its cues from the past.
Disney tries to build a Pirates franchise trilogy with a bouillabaisse of CG effects. Couldn’t they have used the computer to write some actual dialogue for the actors?
Columbia TriStar Home Ent., $29.98
What’s in the future for our old-school film fest?
A do-gooder’s moral impulses lead her into illegality, where family loyalties turn out to be even more fraught than abortion politics.
The older SIFF gets—it turns 30 this year—the bigger it gets. What started as a two-week, 26-title, auteur-oriented fest has…
