RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Domain This film centers on the curious relationship between a dazzling but disturbed aunt (a magnificent Béatrice Dalle) and her 17-year-old nephew (an excellent Isaïe Sultan). The film shows…
Goon This is a very funny, very lowdown comedy about a hockey goon (Seann William Scott) – a guy hired to beat up the other team – in the Canadian minor leagues. Well acted, cleverly written and vulgar beyond belief….
RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) Move the can labeled “Plan 9 from Outer Space” along the vault shelf to make room for a Web series that is so incomprehensible and heavy-footed it bumps comfortably against the Ed Wood Jr….
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Chasing Madoff This documentary focuses on the long and futile attempt by whistle-blower Harry Markopolos to alert authorities to Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.
Feature: “The Afflicted” (2010), “Alien Opponent” (2010), “Angels Crest” (1966), “Carnival of Fear” (2012), “Chasing Madoff” (2010), “The Corsican Brothers” (1941), “The Double Hour” (2011), “Dysfunctional Friends” (…
Opening Friday The Deep Blue Sea The Salt of Life House of Pleasures The Hunter Intruders The Island President Mirror Mirror Wrath of the Titans
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Carnage Roman Polanski’s adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s scathing comedy – about misbehavior between kids and malice among parents – is stagy and unrealistic. But it’s well shot, filled with the…
Feature: “@Suicideroom” (2012), “Absentia” (2011), “The Adventures of Tintin” (2011), “Alfredo Alfredo” (1972), “Bag It” (2009), “Bellissima” (1951), “Black Butterfly” (2010), “The Burning Moon” (1997), “Coonskin” (1975)…
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) This is a prime example of a well-made independent film that deserves a major release but won’t get it because it lacks star names and budgetary extravaganzas. Based on true events that once…
Feature: “Before Your Eyes” (2011), “Blade of Kings” (2004), “Car Wash” (1976), “Carry On Double Feature: Volume One: Don’t Lose Your Head/Follow That Camel” (1966, ’67), “Carry On Double Feature: Volume Two: Carry On…