Lázaro Ramos kicks literal and figurative booty as a legendary Brazilian drag queen
By Luke Y. Thompson,
September 11, 2003
It's no given that audiences will embrace a passionately homosexual, drug-abusing male prostitute-cum-drag-queen, especially if he happens not to... More>>
Fortunately somebody's trying to bring us underground film again
By John Anderson,
September 04, 2003
Modern-day Miami Beach, where condo canyons stretch skyward, slick shops expand along Lincoln Road Mall (emphasis on "mall"), and overstuffed... More>>
Most will deny it, but inside every grown man lurks a hypersensitive adolescent girl. Allow me to tell you all about mine and to share some of my... More>>
This Bob Dylan movie is as inscrutable as Bob Dylan music
By Robert Wilonsky,
August 28, 2003
"A film starring Bob Dylan" -- five more frightening words you'd be hard-pressed to put into the same sentence, even among those who forgave the... More>>
Ah, Paris -- City of Light, of Love, of Liver Damage and Lung Cancer. C'est formidable, non? Who in need of a posh vacation would turn down the... More>>
Stranded in northern Scandinavia, three foreigners go Cuckoo
By Jean Oppenheimer,
August 21, 2003
Maverick Russian director Alexander Rogozhkin hit upon a clever idea for his idiosyncratic antiwar fable, The Cuckoo (Kukushka in Russian). The... More>>
The culprits behind Dirty Pretty Things discuss cinema, soul, and living like a refugee
By Gregory Weinkauf,
August 14, 2003
Chiwetel Ejiofor is phoning in from Montreal. Sounds like a Tom Waits lyric, but it's true: The fresh, gifted actor with the tricky handle is too... More>>
A spineless hero and his thuggish imaginary friend make Alan Rudolph's new film distressingly familiar
By Gregory Weinkauf,
August 14, 2003
When was the last time you said to yourself: "Y'know, what I seek for my viewing pleasure is a boring, obscenely diluted remake of Fight Club set... More>>
In the dark, brilliant Buffalo Soldiers, men of war beat boredom by attacking each other
By Luke Y. Thompson,
August 07, 2003
Military clerk Ray Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix) is something of a modern-day Sergeant Bilko. Anything you need, he can get. Any scam that's possible,... More>>
Mondays in the Sun takes a whimsical look at unemployment on the coast of Spain
By Luke Y. Thompson,
August 07, 2003
Those who remember Javier Bardem as the heartthrob poet from Before Night Falls, or the distinguished detective in The Dancer Upstairs, may be... More>>
In Mexico's Lucía, Lucía, Cecilia Roth goes adventuring for her soul
By Bill Gallo,
July 31, 2003
From the lofty American vantage point, Mexico's New Wave filmmakers have materialized like magic, the unexpected fruit of a renaissance that even... More>>