Masked And Anonymous
Tuesday July 29, 2003
The indefatigable Bob Dylan writes, acts, and rocks out in this late-career vanity vehicle, together with an all-star cast headed by John Goodman, Jessica Lange, and Jeff Bridges. It's a ... Read More
Review: "Rabbit-Proof Fence" on DVD
Tuesday July 29, 2003
Director Phillip Noyce probes Australia's dark past, when aboriginie children, the so-called "Stolen Generation," were taken from their parents for reeducation. The amateur child actors steal the show from Sir ... Read More
Top Ten New DVDs of the Week
Tuesday July 29, 2003
Out this week on DVD is the controversial movie most people didn't get to see in the theaters: Philip Noyce's evocative Graham Greene adaptation "The Quiet American," starring Michael Caine ... Read More
This Week's Indie Box Office
Tuesday July 29, 2003
The IFC release "Camp" sang and danced its way to the top spot of the indie box office, earning $54,000 over the weekend. Often compared to Alan Rudolph's "Fame" ... Read More
Hooray for the Anamorphic Lens
Friday July 25, 2003
CinemaScope turns 50 this month, and the Film Society at Lincoln Center in New York is celebrating with a series of widescreen masterworks by Nicholas Ray, Stanley Kubrick, Terence Malick, ... Read More
Top New DVDs of the Week
Tuesday July 22, 2003
New releases from Atom Egoyan, Jean-Luc Godard, Vittorio De Sica, and Alison Maclean, plus "Nicholas Nickleby," "The Honeymoon Killers," "Spun," and the classic Phoebe Cates comedy "Drop Dead Fred." Check ... Read More
Garage Days: Loud, Stylish & Boring
Tuesday July 22, 2003
Alex Proyas, director of such dark and moody films as "The Crow" and "Dark City," tries his hand at light fare, with disasterous results. "Garage Days," his film about ... Read More
Woody Allen to Open Venice Film Festival
Monday July 21, 2003
Woody Allen's new film "Anything Else" will open the 60th Venice International Film Festival on August 27th in Italy. The film's stars - Allen, Christina Ricci, Jason Biggs and ... Read More
Herzog to Hunt Nessie
Sunday July 20, 2003
Fifteen years after his last collaboration with his "best fiend" Klaus Kinski, German filmmaker Werner Herzog ("Aguirre, Wrath of God") is chasing monsters again. This month, shooting will begin on ... Read More
Audrey Tatou: French, Adorable and in Demand
Friday July 18, 2003
Film lovers couldn't get enough of Audrey Tatou after her appearance in "Amelie." Earlier this year, she received star billing for her cameo appearance in the international hit ... Read More
To Be Continued...
Tuesday July 15, 2003
"Pulp Fiction" director Quentin Tarantino has decided to release his new film "Kill Bill" in two installments, the New York Times reports. Miramax will release the first part on October ... Read More
New DVD Releases
Tuesday July 15, 2003
Why leave home to see Francois Ozon's "Swimming Pool" when you can watch Frances McDormand swill whiskey sours in the pool in "Laurel Canyon" - our top DVD pick of ... Read More
World Films Bringing Home The Big Bucks
Tuesday July 15, 2003
We love Johnny Depp and take great pleasure in the fact that he is the number one blockbuster of the weekend "The Pirates of the Caribbean." Go Johnny. ... Read More
I Capture the Castle
Friday July 11, 2003
Tim Fywell's period drama "I Capture The Castle" has all the right ingredients: an eccentric English family, lush countryside, Victorian gowns, a crumbling castle, eligible bachelors, and the wonderful ... Read More
American Shutout
Wednesday July 9, 2003
Buzz for the August 15 release of "American Splendor" is building. Advance acclaim for the winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Festival is such that your ... Read More
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge DVD
Wednesday July 9, 2003
Magic elements mingle with oddball characters in Shohei Imamura's quiet tale of a company man who finds renewed life in a small Japanese fishing town.
Bollywood Filmmakers: Nothing New Under the Sun
Tuesday July 8, 2003
The Times of India reports that the brothers Mukesh and Mahesh Bhatt are taking offense at the suggestion their films lifted too much content from Hollywood. Their upcoming "Qayamat" is ... Read More
Francois Ozon's "Swimming Pool"
Monday July 7, 2003
Sex kitten Ludivine Sagnier parades topless in "Swimming Pool," an erotic thriller that aims for the suspense of classic Hitchcock. With Charlotte Rampling, who also worked with writer-director Ozon in ... Read More
More Movie Trailers
Thursday July 3, 2003
What's worse than going to see a bad movie? Well, lots of things, but you can try to make an educated choice by watching the trailer on your own ... Read More

