Shards of glass
Minimalist Philip Glass sends flashes of mindfulness into the Hollywood void.
Eye-catching icons
A celebration of famous black men — dressed and undressed….
Bang
Our nameless heroine, a young, aspiring Asian-American actress (played by Darling Narita), is having a bad day. First her landlord, crusty and callous, kicks her out of her apartment because of past-due rent. Then a producer and potential employer, pudgy and perverse, tries to pin her to the casting couch and, failing that, brutally expels…
Original Pancake House
The quintessential breakfast, served all day, with the titular pancake still supreme and the omelet a close second. Do not confuse this with chain pancake house. This one makes everything from scratch, and adhers to truth-in-menu honesty. No mixes or ersatz ingredients. Real cream, real butter, real maple syrup. Often a wait, but worth it.
Original Pancake House
The quintessential breakfast, served all day, with the titular pancake still supreme and the omelet a close second. Do not confuse this with chain pancake house. This one makes everything from scratch, and adheres to truth-in-menu honesty. No mixes or ersatz ingredients. Real cream, real butter, real maple syrup. Often a wait, but worth it.
Original Pancake House
The quintessential breakfast, served all day, with the titular pancake still supreme and the omelet a close second. Do not confuse this with chain pancake house. This one makes everything from scratch, and adheres to truth-in-menu honesty. No mixes or ersatz ingredients. Real cream, real butter, real maple syrup. Often a wait, but worth it.
Gadjo Dilo
Maybe it’s the music. Maybe the dizzying steps of the dance — feet barely touching the ground, faster and faster, in an explosion of childish happiness. Maybe it’s the women who talk dirty and scrub their skin with wild flowers, and sing songs of utter desolation. Maybe it’s the freedom, the uninhibited pleasure the gypsies…
The Impostors
To prove the theory that it takes a really good actor to effectively play a bad one, see chameleon Alfred Molina sink his teeth into Jeremy Burtom, a flamboyantly and deliciously hammy Shakespearean actor, in The Impostors. Writer-director Stanley Tucci wryly comments on acting — from adopting a different identity to the desperate need for…
Clay Pigeons
When Clay Bidwell (Joaquin Phoenix) joins Earl (Gregory Sporleder) for some target shooting just outside their small, scenic hometown of Mercer, Montana, he doesn’t realize this day will be a turning point in his young, aimless life. With gun in hand, Earl announces that he’s discovered Clay has been sleeping with his wife, Amanda (Georgina…
Ronin
John Frankenheimer is back. Exact, profound, agile behind the lucid eye of the camera, this lonesome cinematic samurai brings back memories of things long forgotten. They’re simple things like vulnerable heroes, an intelligent script, a suspense thriller whose characters are not upstaged by formidable action sequences, and a feeling of superb aggressiveness free from all…
