Movie Review | ‘I’m Reed Fish’: Tales of a Small-Town Hero
by JEANNETTE CATSOULIS May 31st, 2007 | Movie Reviews
Sweetness and whimsy fill the screen to capacity in “I’m Reed Fish,†a rural coming-of-age tale that’s so laid-back that its cast is almost horizontal.
Movie Review | ‘Gracie’: Soccer Dreams and Family Tensions
by JEANNETTE CATSOULIS May 31st, 2007 | Movie Reviews
A familiar underdog story told with unusual sensitivity, Davis Guggenheim’s “Gracie†depicts the obstacles faced by a young girl who dreams of playing on her high school soccer team.
Movie Review | ‘Four Lane Highway’: Beating Writer’s Block
by MATT ZOLLER SEITZ May 31st, 2007 | Movie Reviews
“Four Lane Highway†stars Frederick Weller as Sean, a famous (dead) writer’s son who became a writer himself but has been blocked for some time.
Movie Review | ‘Day Watch’: Rejoining the Champions of Light and Dark
by JEANNETTE CATSOULIS May 31st, 2007 | Movie Reviews
Unfolding in a decrepit, present-day Moscow, “Day Watch†dazzles and confuses with equal determination.
Movie Review | ‘The Fifth Empire’: Cloistered in the Castle and Dreaming of His Empire
by MATT ZOLLER SEITZ May 31st, 2007 | Movie Reviews
With “The Fifth Empire,†the prolific 98-year-old director Manoel de Oliveira pushes his minimalist style as far as it can go.