Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Aside from husbandry, men are irrelevant in this Monroe-Russell classic.
Georgia
Jennifer Jason Leigh does what she knows best: Humiliation and meltdown.
La fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia (A Night Full of Rain)
Lina Wertmüller's 1977 take on cross-cultural marriage still has its merits.
Green Zone
Bourne director Paul Greengrass flubs his chance to make a good Iraq film.
The Last Seduction
Keep that Fiorentino girl out of the kitchen, and hide the knives.
Inception
Would-be maestro Christopher Nolan's latest trick of the light is oddly disjointed.
True Grit
The Coen brothers romp through the West, thanks to black humor and a joyous cast.
The King’s Speech
Colin Firth is in a class by himself as a proud but stammering Duke of York.
Maledetto il giorno che t’ho incontrato (Damned the Day I Met You)
Verone and Buy are delightful and funny in this sweet screwball comedy.
Frailty
Thanks to Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughy makes a difference.
Il Muro di Gomma (The Rubber Wall)
Supposedly about the Ustica coverup, Risi's film is really about bad deeds left hanging.
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie)
Buñel's parody of middle class hunger and vanity is a ruthlessly comic ride.