As you can see, there's more to Brazil than Samba, Lula, and Ronaldo
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June 05, 2003
For the seventh year in a row, Miami gets to be the first to view the latest crop of homegrown films from Latin America's biggest nation during... More>>
Who would have thought -- a compelling film about spelling!
By Luke Y. Thompson,
May 29, 2003
If you're reading this paper, chances are you're more literate than the average American. If you're reading the film reviews, it's also likely... More>>
In Blue Car, a disturbed young girl finds her way through verse
By Bill Gallo,
May 29, 2003
The budding teenage poet in Karen Moncrieff's Blue Car writes melancholy verse about autumn leaves falling off trees and fathers abandoning their... More>>
Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?
By Luke Y. Thompson,
May 22, 2003
It's usually right about this time of year that film critics begin to feel a slow chill of dread creep up their spines. Suppressing that urge,... More>>
Time was, moviegoers could rely on European films for interesting ideas and unpredictable storylines. But in the 1990s, foreign producers decided... More>>
Billy Bob comes close to nothingness in the curiously titled Levity
By Andy Klein,
May 08, 2003
Nobody can convey more, doing nothing, than Billy Bob Thornton. His minimalist style is appropriate for the ironically named Levity, but what is... More>>
Eddie Murphy plays Daddy, once more, just be "Cos"
By Robert Wilonsky,
May 08, 2003
Long ago Eddie Murphy had grown tired of Eddie Murphy parts: the fast-talking high-jiver, the preening put-on. Even before he began parodying... More>>
Duff rides her popular TV series to Rome and the big screen
By Jean Oppenheimer,
May 01, 2003
If you have never heard of Lizzie McGuire, you are not a female child between the ages of six and fourteen; nor are you a parent with a female... More>>
The fifth annual Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival does feel a little rudderless this year without founding director Robert Rosenberg at the... More>>
Raising Victor Vargas draws remarkable performances from an untrained cast
By Jean Oppenheimer,
April 24, 2003
It is rare to find a film that defies one's expectations as sweetly and satisfyingly as Raising Victor Vargas, a coming-of-age comedy-drama from... More>>