Fifty Dead Men Walking
Running time 117 minutes
Written and directed by Kari Skogland
Starring Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers, Natalie Press, Rose McGowan
Five Minutes of Heaven
Running time 90 minutes
Written by Guy Hibbert
directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
Starring Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Mark Davison
Is anyone as tired Read More
ELEGY
Running time 108 minutes
Written by Nicholas Meyer
Directed by Isabel Coixet
Starring Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard
Isabel Coixet’s Elegy, from the screenplay by Nicholas Meyer, based on the short novel The Dying Animal by Philip Roth, enters a metaphysical region between life and death Read More
TheWackness
Running time 110 minutes
Written and directed by Jonathan Levine
Starring Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley, Olivia Thirlby, Famke Janssen, Mary-Kate Olsen
Not the least of the problems facing people who write about movies on a weekly basis is the deadlines. You can’t say, “I think I’d rather go to Read More
The Wackness
Running time 110 minutes
Written and directed by Jonathan Levine
Starring Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley, Olivia Thirlby, Famke Janssen
Jonathan Levine’s The Wackness, from his own screenplay, takes place in New York during the summer of 1994, when the newly inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, was beginning his now notorious crackdown Read More
Although his rep denies it, Entourage actor Adrian Grenier is reportedly shopping around his own birthday, asking Hamptons clubs for up to $50,000 for the honor throwing him a party. [P6]
Ben Kingsley’s co-stars in The Wackness say he had to be taught how to properly smoke from a bong. [NY Read More
YOU KILL ME
Running time 92 minutes
Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
Directed by John Dahl
Starring Ben Kingsley, Téa Leoni, Luke Wilson
John Dahl’s You Kill Me, from a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, reaffirms Mr. Dahl’s distinctive role as the Val Lewton of B movies Read More
My little brother says the Sopranos will end with Christopher, the lieutenant played by Michael Imperioli, knocking off Tony. One thing’s clear, Christopher is upstaging Tony. Last night Imperioli was the best thing on the Sopranos. His turn in Hollywood opposite Ben Kingsley had Sir Ben cracking up at the edges, and the Seinfeldian Read More
A few nights ago, my sister called from her cell phone to make dinner plans in Manhattan. Two minutes into the conversation, I said, “I don’t know—what about that place with the chopsticks that don’t splinter? … You’re at an A.T.M. in a bodega, aren’t you?”
“What? Yes.”
“The hollow bleeping sound when you type Read More
The holiday countdown has begun. The potpourri of new movies lining up to assault your senses and your pocketbook from now until New Year’s is like the good stuff–bad stuff you find every year crammed in your Christmas stocking: for every prayed-for diamond, a lot of nasty cashew nuts. I’m thankful for the rare treasures Read More
From Gandhi to
Gangster
For a diverting, pulse-quickening antidote to the
summer-trash explosion at the movies, check out Sexy Beast , a noirish psychological crime thriller that kicks the
familiar genre of British gangster flicks up a notch. Follically challenged
Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley is famous for playing saints, but after his
terrifying performance as Read More
