New Releases: November 19, 1999
42 Up
The fifth documentary in a series that started as a British TV project: Director
Michael Apted follows a dozen lives, making another movie about his subjects
every 7 years. This time, they're turning 42.
All
About My Mother
Spanish cult director Pedro Almodóvar 's new movie about a young writer who
struggles to discover the identity of his father won the Golden Palm at this
year's Cannes Film Festival. Opening in New York -- the rest of us will have
to wait.
American Movie
This documentary about one filmmaker's struggle to make his horror movie won
the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
Goodbye 20th Century!
A Macedonian fantasy about the apocalypse that's getting mixed
reviews.
Home Page
Documentary about a student web master who bares all in his confessinal online
diary. Watch the entire movie online now at IFILM.
The Legend of 1900
A promising romantic myth about a piano player who grows up on an ocean liner
and competes with Jelly Roll Morton. By Guiseppe Tornatore, the director of
Cinema Paradiso.
Last
Night
Now in wider release. Do not miss this intimate Candian movie about the end
of the world. Fine performances, a clever script, and its calm humanity make
this the best millennial movie yet.
Liberty Heights
Rembember Diner, Tin Men, and Avalon? This is Barry Levinson's
fourth Baltimore movie, set in 1954 and with a soundtrack featuring Tom Waits
and Ennio Morricone.
Mansfield Park
Miramax brings us another Jane Austen adaptation.
Sleepy
Hollow
OK, so it's a Paramount release and not technically an indie, but if you have
Christina Ricci, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, and Tom Stoppard collaborating, it's
worthy of our attention. Personally, I'll save this treat for Thanksgiving.
Train of Life
To be honest, I am not sure what to make of the new genre of uplifting Holocaust
movies (Life is Beautiful, Jakob the Liar). This French story of a Jewish
village which organizes a fake deportation train to escape has won many international
prizes.
