Tuesday, May 5

A reel surprise

M.K. Asante Jr. didn’t hear his name called when they announced the Best Documentary at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival. But that doesn’t mean he didn’t win. Read more...


Screen scenes

“Mail Order Wife” Directed by Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland First Independent Pictures “Mail Order Wife” starts off as any other inconspicuous documentary. Adrian, a doorman from Queens, gives his testimonial to the camera about receiving his new wife from China. Read more...


Don’t desert Sidekicks and go solo

I got to violate Andy Roddick. All right, it’s not what you’re thinking, and it had nothing to do with me stalking any tennis court, armed only with a hand full of date-rape pills and a head full of dreams. Read more...



Theatrical evolution

Unlike the bewildered woman swallowed by the unruly machine of the modern world in the 1928 expressionist drama “Machinal,” director Jonathan Gellert has been making his own in the world. Read more...


Screen scenes

“Hostage” Directed by Florent Siri Miramax Films French director Florent Siri’s American debut film “Hostage” is more than just the next big Hollywood crime thriller. Based on the book by Robert Crais, “Hostage” follows Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis), an emotionally scarred former LAPD hostage negotiator, who recently became the clean-cut chief of police in a low-crime community in Ventura. Read more...


Screen scenes

“Robots” Directed By Chris Wedge Twentieth Century Fox “Robots” seems to have all the enjoyable elements of a good, light-hearted children’s film, right down to the necessary jokes for the parents and the voice of Robin Williams. Read more...