Directed by Elia Kazan
Review by Kevin Murphy
To note: in Charleston, the proximity of Vickery’s bar to the rest of downtown is always close enough to justify a visit. And […]
A Streetcar Named Desire
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Review by Kevin Murphy
If the ways of the world have turned you sour, take heart you’re not a member of the Tyrone family. Based largely on […]
Taste of Cherry (Ta’m e guilass)
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Review by Shannon Scott Stebbins
On the list of difficult and awkward things to do, driving around and randomly finding someone to assist in your suicide has to […]
Young@Heart
Directed by: Stephen Walker
Review by: Laura Hawbaker
Images from the punk rock era are emblazoned in the minds of all reckless youth. Taut torsos, scripted in anarchy tattoos. Green […]
Latcho Drom
Directed by Tony Gatlif
Review by Shannon Scott Stebbins
Driving in an old Army truck through the Judean Desert in Israel is bad for the back. Hustling over rocky terrain, jolting bumps […]
To Joy (Till Glädje)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Review by Shannon Scott Stebbins
“To Joy”, Ingmar Bergman’s eighth film, was released in 1949. And it’s an emotional ringer.
Death, physical abuse, alcoholism, and emotional torture all have […]
Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes)
Directed by Jules Dassin
Review by Shannon Scott Stebbins
A few years ago I bought a ticket and some popcorn. The French film Rififi was playing at the Music Box Theatre in […]
La Misma Luna
Directed by Patricia Riggen
Starring Adrian Alonso and Kate del Castillo
Review by Laura Hawbaker
An alarm clock beeps. Sleepy eyed, a young mother slaps the clock off and […]
The Band’s Visit
(Written and directed by Eran Kolirin)
Review by Laura Hawbaker
“Why do police need to play [the music of] Um Kalthoum?”
Tewfig (a.k.a. “The General”), stoic in his crisp light blue uniform, replies, […]
Paranoid Park
(directed by Gus Van Sant)
Review by Shannon Scott Stebbins
Early autumn 2001 found me rambling down Burnside Avenue in Portland, Oregon. My breath was still turning out the local ale […]
