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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness
Heath Ledger peers into the void as Christopher Nolan's Batman returns.
What a brooding pleasure it is to return to Christopher Nolan's Gotham City — if "pleasure" is the right word for a movie that gazes so... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: July 16, 2008
Opposites Attract Opposites Attract
Portrait of the artist as a young man (and his lover as an old one) in Chris & Don.
A glint in his eye and a grin on his lips, artist Don Bachardy looks into the camera and explains the dynamic of his three-decade relationship... More>>
By Ernest Hardy
Published: July 16, 2008
Thank You for the Music Thank You for the Music
But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA.
I've always enjoyed ABBA — not in that posthoc, so-bad-it's-good hip way, but innocently, the way I like Phil Spector. To this day, howling... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: July 16, 2008
Costume Ball Costume Ball
Provocateurs Catherine Breillat and Asia Argento put their stamp (or tattoo) on 19th-century France.
Catherine Breillat hitches her wagon to the hottest of European stars, Asia Argento, in a highly entertaining adaptation of French dandy... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: July 16, 2008
Art House
Artists' Television Access. "L.A. Plays Itself": Two porn films made by Fred Halsted in 1972: the titular feature and Sex Garage. Wed., July 16,... More>>
Compiled By Hiya Swanhuyser and Michael Leaverton
Published: July 16, 2008
Devil May Care Devil May Care
Big Red returns in a mindless, revved-up Hellboy sequel.
Hollywood's Endless Superhero Summer rolls on with the arrival of Hellboy II: The Golden Army from Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro,... More>>
By Chuck Wilson
Published: July 09, 2008
Going Down Going Down
Brendan Fraser falls into a deep, deep hole at the Center of the Earth.
At the top, let's be clear about one thing: Journey to the Center of the Earth is more a demo reel than a narrative feature. It's a decent, if... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: July 09, 2008
Heaven Can Wait Heaven Can Wait
Storylines and cultures crash in this German/Turkish import — and isn't it arty?
The Edge of Heaven disembarks stateside still flush from an award-reaping Eurasian tour. That the European Film Awards tossed Fatih Akin's... More>>
By Nick Pinkerton
Published: July 09, 2008
The Wackness
The Wackness is a mix tape of clichés, with writer-director Jonathan Levine taking cuts from a dozen or more "life-affirming"... More>>
By Nick Pinkerton
Published: July 09, 2008
Art House
To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. Romántico: Doc follows musician Carmelo Muñiz from S.F.... More>>
By Hiya Swanhuyser and Michael Leaverton
Published: July 09, 2008
Superzero Superzero
Hancock squanders potential greatness with lame humor and a half-baked hero.
The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis as a dead man, was writer-director M. Night Shyamalan's breakthrough, but its follow-up, Unbreakable,... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: July 02, 2008
Beyond Gonzo Beyond Gonzo
Call hell-raiser Hunter S. Thompson's style what you will — a new doc succeeds when saluting his substance.
"In a nation of frightened dullards, there is always a sorry shortage of outlaws, and those few who make the grade are always welcome." So wrote... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: July 02, 2008
As American as Overpriced Dolls As American as Overpriced Dolls
In Kit Kittredge, all it takes to cure the Depression is a little Miss Sunshine.
To my 10-year-old daughter, the term "American Girl" means "that store my meanie of a mom — unlike all the other, higher-quality moms... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: July 02, 2008
Constantine's Sword
Oren Jacoby's documentary is three movies in one, at least two of which would benefit from more development than is possible in a 96-minute... More>>
By Gregg Rickman
Published: July 02, 2008
Art House
Compiled by Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser. To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Castro Theatre. Third Annual 70mm Film... More>>
Compiled By Hiya Swanhuyser and Michael Leaverton
Published: July 02, 2008
Violence Is Golden Violence Is Golden
With its secret boys club and bloody good fun, Wanted has all of the fight with none of the guilt.
Of the summer's many revenge-of-the-nerd fulfillment fantasies — from The Incredible Hulk all the way down the megaplex food chain to The... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: June 25, 2008
Deep Freeze Deep Freeze
Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.
Some say the world will end in fire, some — like Werner Herzog — say ice. Flying in the face of global warming, this profoundly... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: June 25, 2008
Robots in Love Robots in Love
WALL-E blasts off to the future by boldly going where every sci-fi movie's gone before. And that's a good thing.
Many will attempt to describe WALL-E with a one-liner. It's R2-D2 in love. 2001: A Space Odyssey starring the Little Tramp. An Inconvenient Truth... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: June 25, 2008
Brick Lane
Bracket the fact that it's an adaptation of Monica Ali's great big treat of a 2003 novel about displacement and feminine emancipation, and... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: June 25, 2008
Art House
Compiled by Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser. To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. "Bike and... More>>
Published: June 25, 2008
Back ... and Loving It Back ... and Loving It
Get Smart redux is a rare device: A TV remake for the big screen that works on its own terms.
As old Broadway shows are revived, new Broadway shows get spun from old movies so that new movies may be fashioned from ancient TV series. It's... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: June 18, 2008
Empire Strikes Back Empire Strikes Back
Mongol paints a historically hazy but kickass picture of everyone's fave emperor, Genghis Khan.
You want a history lesson? Take a class. You want clanging swords, sneering villains, storybook romance, and bloody vengeance? Here's a brawny... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: June 18, 2008
Warrior King Warrior King
Mongol director Sergei Bodrov on retracing the footsteps of Genghis Khan and navigating the even more perilous Hollywood battlefield.
Just over a decade ago, Russian director Sergei Bodrov made his mark on the West with his Academy Award–nominated movie, Prisoner of the... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: June 18, 2008
One Bad Mother One Bad Mother
Dario Argento caps off his horror trilogy with horrific parody.
A topsy-turvy Escherland exists where Dario Argento's The Mother of Tears is considered a twisted classic, and it is a magical place. Up is down,... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: June 18, 2008
Woman on the Beach
Master of the beautifully modulated and devastatingly melancholy romantic farce, Korean director Hong Sang-soo presents a pair of overlapping... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: June 18, 2008
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