Movies
Jean-Marc Barr describes his latest film, “Zentropa,” opening Thursday at the Nuart, as Kafka’s version of “The Graduate.”
June 27, 1992
Jean-Marc Barr took a major plunge with the part of champion undersea diver Jacques Mayol in French director Luc Besson’s current film “The Big Blue.”
Aug. 20, 1988
Cut down from 163 minutes to 119 and given a Hollywood ending, Luc Besson’s “The Big Blue” was a total disaster for all concerned when it was released in the U.S. in 1988.
July 28, 2000
For all of its rigor, “One to Another” is so subtle that on the surface it seems like lots of other French films dealing with aimless youth who possess a veneer of sophistication concealing a dangerous naiveté.
July 27, 2007
“Zentropa” (Nuart) opens with a shot of train tracks moving inexorably beneath your gaze while Max von Sydow intones, “You will now listen to my voice.”
July 2, 1992
“Zentropa” (at the Hillcrest Cinemas) opens with a shot of train tracks moving inexorably beneath your gaze while Max von Sydow intones, “You will now listen to my voice.”
July 17, 1992
‘Big Sur,’ writer-director Michael Polish’s adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s autobiographical novel, is a somber peculiarity among the recent glut of Beat-centric movies.
Oct. 31, 2013
Review: ‘Big Sur’ a hollow trip to nowheresville
Entertainment & Arts
Though capable of deliciously silly giggling and mournfully quiet weeping, the clarinet is equally adept at monochromatic noodling.
May 29, 1987
When Jean-Marc Barr was a senior at Mission Bay High School in 1978, the theme for the school’s homecoming dance was “Hollywood.”
Aug. 17, 1988