I’M NOT THERE
Running Time 135 minutes
Directed by Todd Haynes
Written by Todd Haynes and Oren Moverman
Starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger
Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There, from a screenplay by Mr. Haynes and Oren Moverman, has convinced me that Mr. Haynes knows infinitely more about Bob Dylan, his life, his times Read More
Fall is the season for ‘quality’ movies, the kinds of movies that make good showbiz at the Oscars. But that doesn’t mean that fluffier stuff can’t break out the box office: witness Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married, the No. 1 film last weekend over Elizabeth: The Golden Age (critics seem to Read More
One had to know that George Clooney wasn’t going to settle for fourth place—not in this town! Michael Clayton (No. 1) expanded from 2 theaters into 9 and nabbed the top spot on this week’s Manhattan box office chart. The film, which is in its second week, managed to outgross Tyler Perry’s Why Did Get Read More
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
Running Time 114 minutes
Written By William Nicholson and Michael Hirst
Directed by Shekhar Kapur
Starring Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Samantha Morton
If ever there was a sequel nobody needs, it’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age, a dull, picturesque continuation of Elizabeth, the 1998 epic that catapulted Read More
Todd Haynes' new film I'm Not There will have New York audiences seeing double in more ways than one. Not only will the film feature multiple actors playing the role of Bob Dylan—the list inclues Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Richard Gere, and Cate Blanchett—it will now be released at the Film Forum and Lincoln Read More
“I’ve met an estimated 56 of 100,” said NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, surveying the crowd at last night’s Time 100 gala. “I always assumed I might come as a guest but not a lapel-wearing member.”
Oh, Mr. Williams, don't be so modest! Or quite so serious, either: he said he was most looking Read More
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel, from a screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga (in English, Spanish, Japanese, Berber, Arabic and sign language, with English subtitles), is based on an idea by Mr. González Iñárritu and Mr. Arriaga, and a wild “idea” it is. Babel can be considered the third work of a trilogy in which fatal or near-fatal Read More
Despite some attempts to set the record straight, the story persists that Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, starring Kirsten Dunst as the Austrian girl who becomes the Queen of France, was generally despised at this past spring’s Cannes Film Festival, and that the French particularly hated it. The movie did draw some scattered boos at the Read More
Despite some attempts to set the record straight, the story persists that Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, starring Kirsten Dunst as the Austrian girl who becomes the Queen of France, was generally despised at this past spring’s Cannes Film Festival, and that the French particularly hated it. The movie did draw some scattered boos at the Read More
On one end of the street, President Bill Clinton is celebrating his birthday with 1,000 frosted cupcakes. A few blocks away, President George (Dubya) Bush is being assassinated in a movie called D.O.A.P. (Stands for “Death of a President,” but everybody in Toronto just pronounces it “Dope.”) Somewhere in between, to promote a horror flick Read More
