Bruce says: “EL PERRO (sometimes advertised as BOMBON, EL PERRO) is a delightful film. Set in Patagonia, the story is paper thin but the sentiment is sincere thanks to a lovely performance by Juan Villegas. He plays Coco, an aging
Michael says: “Richard Eyre follows-up IRIS and STAGE BEAUTY with a real romp of a thriller in NOTES ON A SCANDAL. There’s a lot of excess in SCANDAL, and the entire thing really lives and dies by Judi Dench’s performance
Chris says: “Few musicians–heck, few people have undergone as radical a transformation as Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane. In the early ’70s, he was the bassist for the New York Dolls, a thunderously influential (but never commercially successful) cross-dressing glam rock outfit.
Bruce says: “A meditation on the complexities of intimate relationships, LA MOUSTACHE is successful up to a point. One day, Marc (Vincent Lindon) asks his wife Agnès (Emmanuelle Devos) if he should shave off his moustache. She replies indifferently. When
Chris says: “For years, Woody Allen has desperately needed to get away from his terminal Upper East Side complacency and try something different, but I never thought he’d go ahead and do it. Actually, this isn’t as much of a
Bruce says: “In 1937 Claude Cahoun and Marcel Moore moved from France to the Isle of Jersey, one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel off the coast of Brittany. Claude, nee Lucy Schwab, was young when her father
Michael says: “This Australian film has so much going for it; a great premise, terrific writing, strong acting, a strong visual style, and some neat experimental tricks that it’s a shame that first time feature director Sarah Watt relied so
Michael says: “On a recent trip to New York City, Scot, Bruce and I went to see the Australian film LITTLE FISH starring Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving. Unfortunately, this intense little film was never released in Boston and is
Bruce says: “As Idi Amin, the military ruler of Uganda from 1971-1979, Forest Whitaker develops his character brilliantly. Like many charismatic leaders, Amin is a man who can charm anyone who crosses his path and, at the same time, instill
Bruce says: “Spike Lee is one of four directors who have defined New York City on film over the past six decades. The others are Woody Allen, Sidney Lumet, and Martin Scorsese. Early in Lee’s career it appeared he was