Documentary Rated R
“The De Palma of De Palma ultimately comes off as the same one behind his movies: a talented filmmaker, but not a deeply introspective one.”
Musical Rated PG-13
An oddly stodgy biography picture of composer and lyricist Cole Porter, De-Lovely follows an aging Porter (Kevin Kline) as he revisits scenes from his life, many re-created as musical numbers. Director Irwin Winkler (Life as a House) fails to give it an ounce of the life of say, Chicago or Moulin Rouge. It’s a curious
Drama Rated NR
“…exquisite, both in its lavish craftsmanship and in the way it captures the acute joy (and pain) of romantic love.”
Drama Rated R
“…the depiction of sex gone awry is sometimes satirical, but mostly it’s closer to tragic.”
Comedy Rated NR
“…freewheelingly captures a traveling carnival’s effects on a small French village.”
Comedy Rated R
“If it sounds Spanish, man, that’s what it is. A Spanish movie.” Or is it? That’s the opening voiceover narration to Casa de mi Padre, a Spanish-language comic-melodrama influenced by Mexican telenovelas, Spaghetti Westerns, grindhouse gore and Will Ferrell farces. The one thing it isn’t, actually, is Spanish. So let’s just say this: Casa de
“…closer to A Very Murray Christmas than Lost in Translation.”
Family Rated PG
“…as buoyant as you’d expect from a movie largely set amidst the clouds.”
Drama Rated PG-13
“…feels like an extreme form of denial.”
“…a work of freedom.”