I’ve Loved You So Long (2008)

Drama Rated PG-13

I’ve Loved You So Long takes someone guilty of an inhuman act and gets us to recognize their universal humanity. Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) has recently been released from prison after 15 years (I’ll let the movie reveal her crime in its own, judicious time). Though they haven’t communicated in most of that time, she

Frost/Nixon (2008)

Drama Rated PG-13

Frost/Nixon dramatizes the behind-the-scenes jockeying that took place during the landmark 1977 television interview between British TV personality David Frost and Nixon. Three years after leaving office, these sessions were the only time Nixon came close to offering the American public anything akin to an apology. Adapted by screenwriter Peter Morgan from his own play

Pinocchio (1940)

Family Rated NR

“The original Scared Straight!

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Drama Rated R

“When I say Charlie Kaufman should be put on suicide watch, I’m not being facetious.

Australia (2008)

Drama Rated PG-13

“…wants to sweep previous sweeping historical romances off their feet.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

Comedy Rated R

"The sudden sweetness Kevin Smith tries to force into the film feels especially false considering the nastiness that otherwise defines the movie."

Paradise Now (2005)

Drama Rated PG-13

Paradise Now follows the last 48 hours in the lives of two Palestinian suicide bombers. It’s a testament to the film’s emphasis on humanity over politics that you simply come to see it as the story of two disillusioned, conflicted and confused men – desperate, angry youth who could be from any oppressed region of

Quantum of Solace (2008)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“We’re in a new era of action angst.

Day the Earth Stood Still, The (2008)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

A big, dopey, old-fashioned, science-fiction disaster movie – which is odd, because its 1951 predecessor was anything but. Like the original The Day the Earth Stood Still, this gets political, but the message basically boils down to: Recycle, or the aliens will come and get you. That’s the basic explanation Keanu Reeves gives as Klaatu,

Fireproof (2008)

Drama Rated PG

“As a companion piece to a Bible study group this may have some merit, but it doesn’t belong in a theater.