Two movies I’ve seen theatrically in the last few days: The Secret Life of Bees Hollywood makes terrific action movies and romantic comedies, but nothing helps you appreciate independent cinema like a major studio attempt at serious social drama. Gina Prince-Bythewood’s adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd’s novel (which I haven’t read) is well-meant, well-designed, and [...]
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Last summer I raved about Arab Labor, a very funny Israeli sitcom shown at the Jewish Film Festival. Now the Link TV satellite network will broadcast the show the way it was meant to be seen–at home in weekly installments. The series starts this Saturday night at 7:00. Amjad, an Arab reporter working for a [...]
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I haven’t had a chance to write up the new Pacific Film Archive schedule, but it includes a series of Japanese films meant to honor the late curator Kashiko Kawakita. It includes a few films I’ve seen, more I want to see, and two I saw for the first time Friday night. That’s when my [...]
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Horror Written by John Ajvide Lindqvist, from his own novel Directed by Tomas Alfredson Last night I saw what may be the best vampire movie I’ve ever seen. Better than Horror of Dracula, Interview with a Vampire, and Lost Boys; better even than Nosferatu. It’s called Let the Right One In. I’m really glad I [...]
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