Other movies I reviewed over the last month...
IN THEATRES...
* Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky's artfully chilling mind-bender.
* I Love You Phillip Morris isn't entirely loveable, but it's got its moments.
* Made in Dagenham, starring Sally Hawkins as feminist strike leader in 1960s England. A feel-good movie you don't have to feel bad for liking. Plus, a great soundtrack.
* Somewhere, Sofia Coppola's emotionally compelling fourth film goes in some new directions, but also hits a familiar stride.
* The Tempest, Julie Taymor injects a boring play with visual pleasures.
* Tiny Furniture, a whiny indie comedy about being bored with privileges in upper class New York. Writer/director/star Lena Dunham shows promise, but this one is tough to sit through.
* The Tourist, in which pretty people have a pretty boring vacation. And I type Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck as many times as I can.
* Tron: Legacy. In my top 3 worst movies of the year.
* True Grit, the Coen Bros. remake John Wayne and come up with a damned perfect movie.
ON DVD/BD...
* The Black Pirate, an entertaining silent adventure with Douglas Fairbanks. Relased in 1926, this is the oldest color film available on Blu-Ray.
* Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor and Other Fantastic Films by Koji Yamamura, a collection of experimental short films by the Japanese animator.
* LennoNYC, a marvelous documentary about John and Yoko and the Big Apple.
* Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola's love story is a modern classic.
* The Mission, Roland Joffé's 1986 drama is kind of a stick in the mud despite fine performances from Robert DeNiro and Jeremy Irons as monks trying to bring Christianity to the rainforest.
* The Sicilian Girl, a true-story drama about a Mafia daughter going against the family. A smart movie with an amazing lead performance.
* Soul Kitchen, intense German director Faith Akin tries his hand at comedy, yielding mixed results.
* Walt & El Grupo, in which we go back to the vacation jokes: Walt Disney went to South America, and all I got was this lousy documentary.
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