Movies to see this weekend, Aug. 3 The Well Digger’s Daughter Daniel Auteuil’s first film as a director – he also stars – is a lovely and passionate visit to the Marcel Pagnol world of rural Provence – the same world that was the setting for “Jean de Florette” and “Manon of the Spring.” The Queen of Versailles Lauren Greenfield’s startlingly candid look at one family’s descent from colossal …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Aug. 3 Detention This high school comedy morphs into a slasher movie, then morphs into a time-traveling/body-switching/world’s-about-to-end science fiction story.
Movies opening Friday In the 1930s, he co-founds the groundbreaking Alcoholics Anonymous, shifting this addiction out of the dark realm of lobotomies and shock therapy and into the 12-step way of life.
Popular movies help archery take flight Popular movies help archery take flight at the movies, when she saw Princess Merida of clan DunBroch take aim in “Brave,” defying 10th century order by wielding a weapon, the sophomore from Los Altos decided there was something even more fun than sleeping in on Sundays: “It seems like things have really picked up in the last few months,” says Michael …
Which movies to see this weekend, July 27 While you can argue that the last thing the world needs is another reboot of a comic-book movie, the film gets off to a good start, with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone in the lead roles. Benh Zeitlin’s damply poetic debut follows 6-year-old Hushpuppy (the elemental Quvenzhané Wallis), a denizen of a dirt-poor community in the wetness of the Louisiana …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, July 27 Footnote Two Talmudic scholars – a frustrated, traditionalist father (Shlomo Bar-Aba) and his successful, cutting-edge son (Lior Ashkenazi) – lock horns in writer-director Joseph Cedar’s vivacious, quirky film, a tale of academic maneuvering and mystery that has its little fun with suspense-film conventions.
DVD review: ‘Story of a Love Affair’ Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Mike Nichols, Stanley Kubrick and the Coen brothers are some filmmakers who seem to have sprung onto their first movie set fully developed. Michelangelo Antonioni deserves to go to the head of the class, as attested to by the recent release of a major digital restoration of his first movie, the all-but-forgotten “Story of a Love …
DVD review: ‘For the First Time’ Before this film, he lost a lot of weight, but still looks chubby – on three occasions the movie refers to his weight, in a self-deprecating and charming way.
WWI in books, movies, songs and poetry WWI in books, movies, songs and poetry Here is a short list of some books, movies and music about World War I: Just a couple of selections by Tuchman, the historian who specialized in World War I. “The Proud Tower” covers the years 1890-1914
New on DVD and Blu-ray, July 20 Casa de Mi Padre Expect maximum Ferrellian oddness in this Spanish-language spoof of Mexican soap operas, which stars Will Ferrell as the stupid, unappreciated son of an old ranchero (Pedro Armendariz Jr.). The Fairy Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel, who wrote, directed and star in this comedy, have developed their own distinct style of performance, which mixes …