Movie Review | 'Shockproof': A Maleficent Obsession? Could Be More Than Heaven Allows
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While âShockproofâ will inspire more groans than gasps, itâs essential viewing for fans of filmmakers Samuel Fuller and Douglas Sirk.
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In âFreedom Writersâ Hilary Swank uses neediness to fine effect in a film with a strong emotional tug and smartly laid foundation.
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In Bollywood, not everything is sugary sweet. Beyond the glamour and magic, a lot of risk is involved.
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Whether you like or loathe Bruno Dumontâs movies, his unsettling vision of humanity stripped of cultural finery feels profoundly truthful.
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There is plenty of sorrow to be found in âInto the Wild.â But though the filmâs structure may be tragic, its spirit is anything but.
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That weird exhalation you hear at the multiplex these days is the sound of female characters settling for less than they deserve. It happens again in âDedication.â
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Geeks go crazy when you reveal cinematic secrets -- even details that anybody with half a brain could pick up from a stroll through a theater lobby. This handy guide will keep you from feeling the forum's flames -- maybe. Commentary by Lore Sj&#246;berg.
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âWimbledonâ is a well-behaved movie about nice people who have good things happen to them. Thatâs kind of startling in a world where movie characters, especially in
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âOnceâ makes a persuasive case that the real future of the movie musical may lie not in splashy grandeur but in modesty and understatement.
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Disney Movie Magic is focused on delighting and fascinating children before and after the lights go down.
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Comicdom's trippiest superhero finally comes alive on the big screen.
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Horror movies have a right to be tacky. Good taste really shouldn&#39;t cross anybody&#39;s mind while determining the swift arc of an ax or a cool trajectory for blood to spray. But if you&#39;re looking for ...
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Beware films with protagonists depicted as vastly more sensitive than their fellow characters. The result may be a crock like âCashback.â
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The Golden Compass comes to the screen, cleansed of theology, but with a few jaw-dropping moments
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I met an old friend for coffee in San Francisco yesterday afternoon, and had a few hours to kill before stopping in at the Wired reunion party. I didn't want to drive back to Berkeley because the weather was so crummy, and I was just across teh street from a movie theater and was just in time for the start of a movie that lots of people had been telling me to see. So I went. The movie -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, I had no idea what it was about until the movie started, then I remembered hearing a Fresh Air show about it and finding it too painful to listen to. Now here I was in the theater, not just being asked to listen to it, but being asked to live it. Through some very wonderful film-making, you feel as if what is happening to the main character is happening to you. Or more accurately, probably, you get the slightest hint of what it's like to be this person. My immediate impulse, one which I gave serious consideration to, was to pack up my things and leave. Anything would be better than spending three hours living this guy's life.  Two things happen over time: 1. You get over it. 2. They change perspective, and instead of being inside his body, you move outside it.  I think those two things are the story we all live as we mature and learn to live inside our own bodies, with their limits. You learn to step outside and see the humor in your predicament. The main character says he lives in a diving bell because it's as hard for him to communicate with other people as it would be at the bottom of the ocean inside a diving bell. The movie teaches that it's not much easier for the rest of us, even though we can manipulate symbols better. On the other hand, of course it is. The film develops a relationship between the hero and his father, between the hero and his own children, his ex-wife, his lover.  We strive for deeper understanding of ourselves and each other. But it may be ridiculously easy to find the only meaning that exists, without language, without intellect, by just being. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly should probably be the picture of the year for 2007, it's that good. But like all great art it shows you something truthful about yourself, and you may or may not want to see it.
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Comment is free: Mark Lawson: Moral panic over the sexualisation of child stars is not only a modern phenomenon.
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Imelda Staunton strengthens the immensely moving, stark and engaging film.