Hilary says: “Nathalie Baye (VENUS BEAUTY INSTITUTE, etc.) stars in this glacially-paced French neo-noir. “Baye plays a veteran police officer returning to the detective squad following some personal drama. One of the squad’s new recruits, Antoine (Jalil Lespert), anxiously awaits
Bruce says: “It is 2002 and Goni (Alberto Sanchez de Lozada), the former president of Bolivia, is seeking to regain office he held from 1993-1997. When his finds himself lagging behind Manfred (Reyes Villa) in the polls, he panics and
Bruce says: “Leni (Marián Aguilera), a nice Jewish girl, brings her boyfriend Rafi (Guillermo Toledo) home to meet the extended family. Rafi has one major disadvantage in this household; he is Palestinian. Leni’s belly-dancing sister Tania (María Botto) is wildly
Chris says: “Mark (Daniel London) and Kurt (cult folk-rocker Will Oldham) were once close friends; now both in their mid-30s, they’ve grown apart as friends often do. Mark has a career and a partner and is about to become a
Chris says: “Stars a rarely-better Parker Posey as a Cleveland ad exec who has never had an orgasm, ever. A thin premise and somewhat clumsy script are enlivened by a decent cast: Paul Rudd (shlubby and nearly unrecognizable with copious
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
Michael says: “In theory, the life of Bettie Page seems like a perfect basis for a biopic. A young girl growing up in the 40’s and 50’s, Page travels from Nashville to New York to pursue her dreams of acting.
Bruce says: “The 57 countries of Africa are largely the creation of colonists, Europeans who carved up the continent as they licked their chops over their newfound treasures. Most countries consist of many peoples from many cultures. The people of
Michael says: “Chlotrudis loves it when a talented, local filmmaker achieves some level of success, and while Andrew Bujalski isn’t a Matt Damon or even an Eliza Dushku, he’s well-known in indie-circles for his debut film, FUNNY HA HA. Now
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.
