Movies
In Carl Bessai’s “Emile,” an affecting probe of the power of memory, Ian McKellen, in the title role, plays a distinguished London scientist who returns to his native Canada to accept an honorary doctorate at the University of Victoria.
Feb. 4, 2005
Before director Kevin Greutert helmed “Saw VI” and “Jessabelle,” he was the editor on the terrific home-invasion thriller “The Strangers.”
Aug. 31, 2017
You can well imagine that as a murder mystery with some well-drawn colorful characters, “Keys to Tulsa” would make a good read.
April 11, 1997
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April 21-27, 2002
April 21, 2002
The strongest presence at a gathering at an upstate New York country estate in “The Weekend,” a film as subtle and incisive as a New Yorker short story, is that of a dead man.
Nov. 24, 2000
Jonathan Nossiter’s formidable second film plays like a mystery as it looks for clues to the characters’ actions.
April 6, 2001
A police captain with a conscience turns to robbing banks in ‘Stander,’ which is set in 1976 South Africa.
Aug. 6, 2004
“Fear X” is a compelling psychological suspense drama made in a rigorous minimalist mode that represents a potent offbeat collaboration among its star, John Turturro, Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn and the late cult novelist Hubert Selby Jr., with key mood-setting contributions from cinematographer Larry Smith, a longtime Stanley Kubrick colleague, and composers Brian Eno and J.
Jan. 28, 2005
As Bette Gordon’s seductive “Luminous Motion” commences, we hear via voice-over its young protagonist recalling a ghostly memory of childhood of “blurred images and nightmares.”
June 23, 2000
A few years ago a handwritten sign was spotted outside a theater in one of Manhattan’s more dismal neighborhoods.
March 21, 1997