Heartbleeders, both literally—ew!—and metaphorically—aw!—speaking, ruled over the weekend. Saw IV (No. 1) grossed over $32 million nationally and averaged over $53,000 at 8 theaters in the city, while Dan in the Real Life (No. 2) took in a respectable $12 million in national receipts, and did similarly respectable business in the city with an over Read More
This weekend we’ll be treated to a blessed break from the heavy-duty Oscar-hopeful onslaught of late. If, like us, you have barely been able to breathe under the weight of recent movies (see Reservation Road, Rendition, Things We Lost in the Fire—ouch! It hurts!), Halloween torture flicks might actually feel like relief. The folks at Read More
Clint Eastwood’s Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil , from the screenplay by John Lee Hancock, based on the book by John Berendt, starts out as a screen version of a Town & Country story and ends up somewhere closer to an episode of Perry Mason . The book was an enormous best Read More
A Spirit Bent
Is Not Broken
Get ready to be electrified! After almost 20 years, a harrowing, potent film has been made from the acclaimed, award-winning, groundbreaking 1979 play Bent , about Hitler’s savage persecution of gays in Nazi Berlin. It is not for squeamish Pollyannas, but it will grab serious filmgoers by the heart. Read More
