A warm Kaiser role from Christopher Plummer
Knew more about Wilhelm II than the movie reveals
Scott Marks 3:09 p.m., June 23
New Releases
Movie Reviews
Onscreen echoes
This week’s new movie releases, including The Book of Henry and All Eyez On Me, sound oddly familiar
47 Meters Down has girls and sharks, All Eyez on Me has rappers and racist cops, Beatriz at Dinner has a high-tension, high-end dinner party, The Book of Henry has boys and brutality and bullets, ...
Beatriz at Dinner makes the history books
Salma Hayek’s Beatriz has the worst haircut of the actress’s career
I’m not alone in my observation that Beatriz at Dinner will make the history books as the first narrative feature released since Trump took office that takes direct aim at the billionaire-game-show-host-turned-POTUS. It also has ...
Beatriz at Dinner is served
Director Miguel Arteta feasts on Salma Hayek
Sometimes the first impression of an artist whose work one will later grow fond of drops anchor in the unlikeliest of places. Such was the case of Miguel Arteta, whose latest, Beatriz at Dinner, opens ...
Film Events
Little Italy Summer Film FestivalAmici ParkSaturday, July 1, 8 p.m. |
Sunset Kids' Movie NightsPiazza Carmel Shopping PlazaWednesday, July 5, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. |
Little Italy Summer Film FestivalAmici ParkSaturday, July 8, 8 p.m. |
Lego Batman MovieLiberty Station MarketplaceSaturday, July 8, 8 p.m. |
Film Discussion Class: The SwimmerGrossmont CenterTuesday, July 11, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. |
[email protected]
Never seen Sophie’s Choice?!
A life-changing movie
It always surprises me when people tell me they’ve never seen Sophie’s Choice (USA/UK, 1982, Associated Film Distribution). Meryl Streep is magnificent as the woman faced with life-changing and often impossible choices at every step. ...
Movie Archives
Family Life (Vida de familia)
No smoking in the house, if you read a book put it back where you found it, and while you’re at it, take the chance to bang one of the neighbors. Those are but three of the edicts Bruno (Cristián ...
Giant
Almost four hours long and as wide as a yawn, George Stevens's version of Edna Ferber's Texas epic is excessive in every way. By the finish, gray has dusted the black-shoe-polish hair of Rock Hudson, a limp empire-builder, and his ...
The Transfiguration
Fancying himself a young bloodsucker, Milo (Eric Ruffin) uses a knife concealed inside a fountain pen to slice the throats of his victims. Perhaps he should find a new obsession: the poor lad can barely keep his lunch down, and ...
