In the Family Way
In his brief but prolific career, which has encompassed a feature all but one year since 1998, out gay French director François Ozon has often given the impression he?d like to step into other filmmakers? shoes.
Max Manus: Action-Packed, Enthralling
Set in Scandinavia during World War II, this fictionalized biopic adventure begins in 1940 on a wintry field in Finland, where a brave, 25 year-old Norwegian, Max Manus ( Aksel Hannie ), is wounded while helping the Finns fight against the Russian invaders.
City to screen 50s German film
Goethe Institute in Vietnam this month will screen a German post-war film from the 1950s to mark German Year in Vietnam.
Our Home's Fox Deity Vol.1 Premium Edition
What They Say The Review! Features Japanese 2.0 Language, English Subtitles, TV CommercialsThis 2-disc premium edition includes a 32-page full-color, hardcover artbook packed with character introductions, illustration galleries, and terminology plus a premium box. Review Equipment
Theater review: 'The Clean House' at International City Theatre
A search for the perfect joke -- in untranslated Portuguese -- catalyzes the whimsy and gravitas of "The Clean House." Sarah Ruhl's disarming Pulitzer finalist enjoys a tidily affecting production at International City Theatre. Increasingly a regional theater fixture since...
Review: 'Soul Kitchen' a pleasant surprise
Soul Kitchen RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Comedy. Directed by Fatih Akin. With Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Anna Bederke, Birol Ünel. (In German with English subtitles. Not rated. 99 minutes. At the Embarcadero. ) "Soul Kitchen" is a pleasant... Soul Kitchen - Moritz Bleibtreu - Fatih Akın - Germans - Edge of Heaven
Review: In 'Dogtooth' house, sanity is relative
Dogtooth RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Dark comedy. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. With Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Aggeliki Papoulia. In Greek with English subtitles. (Not rated. 96 minutes. At the Sundance Kabuki.) "Dogtooth," featuring one of the most... Dogtooth - Yorgos Lanthimos - Comedy - Performing Arts - Arts
Max Manus
This rousing, fact-based Norwegian movie covers an unusual subject -- the resistance movement in that country during World War II, whose best-known depiction came in "Edge of Darkness," a 1943 Hollywood adventure movie starring Errol Flynn as a stalwart fisherman outwitting the Nazi occupiers. Wiry Norwegian star Aksel Hennie more...