The 42nd New York Film Festival
Wednesday September 29, 2004
Pedro Almodóvar, Jean-Luc Godard, Ingmar Bergman, Ousmane Sembene, and Mike Leigh are among the directors of 25 feature films showcased at this year's New York Film Festival. We are especially ... Read More
New DVD Releases: Super Size Me, Eternal Sunshine
Tuesday September 28, 2004
Morgan Spurlock's fast food documentary "Super Size Me," Michael Gondry's metaphysical mystery "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," and a documentary on artist Andy Goldsworthy are among the top DVD ... Read More
Review: Shaun of the Dead
Tuesday September 28, 2004
Welcome to the latest hybrid strand of mutant pop culture: a romantic British horror comedy. Britcom star Simon Pegg (of the cult TV series "Spaced") wrote and acts in the ... Read More
Review: The Motorcycle Diaries
Thursday September 23, 2004
In 1952, a young medical student and his friend left Buenos Aires to cross the continent on an aging motorcycle, a trip that changed both men profoundly. The youthful Ernesto ... Read More
New DVD Releases: La Dolce Vita
Tuesday September 21, 2004
Out on DVD today: Jim Jarmush's "Coffee and Cigarettes," Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita," Lars von Trier's "Epidemic," and a box set with five films by John Cassavetes.
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Review: Silver City
Monday September 20, 2004
John Sayles takes steady aim at corporate influence just behind the façade of government and the media in the wonderful but deeply cynical "Silver City." The terrific ensemble cast includes ... Read More
Review: Ghost in the Shell 2
Thursday September 16, 2004
Nine years after a team of cyborg cops set new standards for eye candy anime with a philosophical bent, Mamoru Oshii continues the story of Major Motoko and commander Bateau. ... Read More
New DVD Releases: Slacker, Angels in America
Tuesday September 14, 2004
This week's top DVD releases include Mike Nichols' award-winning miniseries "Angels In America," a masterful adaptation of Tony Kushner's epic Broadway play. Also, the restoration of George Lucas's first film ... Read More
Review: THX 1138
Monday September 13, 2004
Six years before "Star Wars," George Lucas turned a student short into his first feature. In "THX 1138," a bald Robert Duvall tries to escape from an oppressive futuristic society. ... Read More
Review: When Will I Be Loved
Saturday September 11, 2004
James Toback's new film teeters on the edge between overwritten indie noir and ludicrous soft porn, but Neve Campbell is always fun to watch as Vera, a cultured, contempible, New ... Read More
Review: Red Lights
Thursday September 9, 2004
Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Carole Bouquet star in the terrifically tense and equally unpleasant "Red Lights." Directed by Cedric Kahn, the film screened at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Berlin ... Read More
Review: Persons of Interest
Sunday September 5, 2004
Filmmakers Alison Maclean ("Jesus’ Son") and Tobias Perse interview twelve former detainees in America's War against Terror. "Persons of Interest" opened on Friday. Read Marcy's review.
Review: Vanity Fair
Friday September 3, 2004
Reese Witherspoon is quick-witted, sexy, adorable, only occasionally detestable, and always convincing as the complex and conniving Becky Sharp, the central character in Mina Nair's highly entertaining adaptation of William ... Read More