Werner Herzog finds one of his very best subjects by accident. His wonderfully foolhardy hero, however, is on a fatal journey of self-discovery.
There’s magic to the Peter Pan story, but precious little insight into its repressed magician.
Seattle’s LGFF gives everybody a warm embrace on its 10th birthday.
Ed Harris as priest/detective.
GALA SCREENINGS Fabulous outfits, glamorous stars (well, sort of), red carpets, VIP areas—the usual. That extra cash outlay gets you…
Also: It’s All Gone Pete Tong, Mindhunters, Monster-in-Law, The Rider Named Death, and Torremolinos 73.
Thursday, May 25, through Sunday, June 18
MOULIN ROUGE Fox Home Ent., $29.98 BAZ LUHRMANN is a gaudy, intrusive, pretentious braggart of a director . . ….
SIFF offers a wealth of music documentaries, with important local emphasis and national significance.
America’s Heart and Soul Opens Fri., July 2, at Metro and others Even those who, like myself, aren’t excessively patriotic…
Docurama, $26.95
Showing at Varsity, Fri., May 5–Thurs., May 11. Not rated. 89 minutes.
Cry ‘havoc’ and let slip the rodents of repression.
Believe it when they tell you to write what you know. Director Brad Silberling made the cartoon adaptation Casper and…
Irish cinema reaches beyond the Troubles.
New Line Home Ent., $28.98
Scientists bare empirical details.
Home Vision Ent., $29.95
The Coen brothers earn a Hollywood-size paycheck for revamping a classic. So why couldn’t they afford to write a better script?
Also: Ice Princess, It’s Easier for a Camel, Schultze Gets the Blues, Sky Blue, and The Upside of Anger.
