Movie Guide and Film Series
Thursday, October 11th, 2007MOVIES.
MOVIES.
“We Own the Night” is a bloody, passionate melodrama, self-consciously Shakespearean — or Biblical, or Greek, take your pick of atavisms — in its intentions.
In the remake of “Sleuth,” what was once insignificant is now insufferable.
“Canvas” is a movie that rings emotionally true, despite structural contrivances and dim, washed-out color.
“Terror’s Advocate” is one of the most engaging, morally unsettling political thrillers in quite some time, with the extra advantage of being true.
Aesthetics versus storytelling: as much as anything, that is the issue that defines the 45th New York Film Festival.
“Lars and the Real Girl” is part comedy, part tragedy and 100 percent pure calculation.
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age” is a kitsch extravaganza aquiver with trembling bosoms, booming guns and wild energy.
Paramount Vantage is delaying the release of “The Kite Runner” to get its three schoolboy stars out of Kabul, Afghanistan.
There seem to be enough current and planned movie projects about musicians to fill a jukebox.