UncategorizedWith the blonde leading the blind, let the games beginOn the eve of the 61st Cannes Film Festival, the French Riviera is cool and overcast. The local merchants are doing a brisk...
UncategorizedFILM REVIEWS: ‘What Happens in Vegas,’ ‘The Stone Angel,’ ‘Redbelt’This weekend’s new releases include an air-headed Hollywood confection, an earnest CanLit adaptation, and some hard-boiled David...
UncategorizedFILM REVIEWS: ‘Iron Man,’ ‘Fugitive Pieces,’ ‘Standard Operating Procedure’Somehow I neglected to see Made of Honor . Shoot me. But among this week’s other new releases, there are some solid...
UncategorizedMid-life moms, misconceived babies and stoner misfits: ‘Baby Mama,’ ‘Then She Found Me,’ ‘Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.’This weekend offers three comedy options, each occupying a different spot on the sliding scale between credible and...
UncategorizedAir India 182 and the beauty of Hot DocsThe theatre was packed. Speaking directly to camera, Gunnarson’s interview subjects told heart-breaking stories, from memories...
UncategorizedConfounding expectations: ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall,’ ‘Young@Heart,’ ‘Young People Fucking,’ ‘Emotional Arithmetic’As a critic, it’s hard to ignore your own physical reaction to a movie. When watching a serious drama, it’s possible to sit...
UncategorizedHow could Smart People make such a Dumb Movie?It makes you wonder what convoluted fluke of showbiz networking allowed it to happen. The film’s various producers have among...
UncategorizedYour number is up: ‘Stop-Loss,’ ‘21’ and ‘Fun, Fat Boy, Run’—the first feature directed by Kimberly Peirce since (1999)—is the best of the bunch. It’s aims to be a for our time, and...
UncategorizedBeautiful Losers: ’Drillbit Taylor,’ ’Days of Darkness,’ ’Paranoid Park’Maybe it’s a trickle-down effect from the endless war, but kicking evil-doer butt seems to have turned into an all-ages...
UncategorizedThe National Ballet meets the Rolling StonesAs a boomer who has virtually no knowledge of ballet but confesses to a deep-rooted familiarity with and affection for the Rolling...