A marriage is put under the pressure of government surveillance in this rediscovered psychological thriller.
An Iranian filmmaker challenges the conventions of Western cinema.
Bainbridge Island director Alan Rudolph started out in Robert Altman’s shadow, but these days, it’s Rudolph who outshines his mentor….
New sword, old gown, familiar epic.
Runs Fri., Jan. 6–Thurs., Jan. 12, at Grand Illusion
Growing old with Barbie.
FERNANDO LEON DE ARANOA’S relentlessly dead-end melodrama about unemployed shipyard workers in Northern Spain has obviousness problems. Mondays in the…
On the Ropes: The real fight’s outside the ring.
Intense Gallic passion—if not much point.
Blonde tries to change channels before it’s too late.
Showing at Grand Illusion, Fri., May 19– Thurs., May 24. Not rated. 91 minutes.
PULP FICTION JACKIE BROWN (COLLECTORS EDITIONS) Buena Vista Home Ent., $29.99 ea. At the height of Pulp Fiction hysteria, Roger…
The haves and the have-nots have at it in Terence Davies’ adaptation of Edith Wharton’s masterpiece.
LIVING IN OBLIVION Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, $29.95 ANYONE WHO’S worked on a low-budget independent film set—and I count myself…
Reassessing a neglected Truffaut classic.
Vintage techniques get new life in this program of shorts.
Runs Fri., Oct. 14–Wed., Oct. 19, at Varsity.
Upper-crust comrades blow their cover.
Profits vs. politics in the Persian Gulf War.
You can’t go home again.
