RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Alexandra: Drama. Written and directed by Alexander Sokurov. With Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov and Raisa Gichaeva. In Russian and Chechen with English subtitles. (Not rated. 92 minutes. At the Opera Plaza in San Francisco and...
Movie review: Killers drop by in ‘Strangers’
by Mick LaSalle May 30th, 2008 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) The Strangers: Thriller. Starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman. Directed by Bryan Bertino. (R. 85 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) You've heard of the suspense genre. Old-fashioned. Here's something new for the new millennium: The we-...
Movie review: ‘The Children of Huang Shi’
by Ruthe Stein May 30th, 2008 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) The Children of Huang Shi: Drama. Staring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh. (R. 125 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) You can be 100 percent in favor of rescuing adorable orphans from war-torn zones and...
Movie review: ‘Postal’ delivers funny madness
by Peter Hartlaub May 30th, 2008 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Postal: Comedy. Starring Zack Ward, Dave Foley, J.K. Simmons and Verne Troyer. Directed by Uwe Boll. (R. 116 minutes. At the Roxie Film Center in San Francisco.) It's no exaggeration to say that Uwe Boll is the most openly despised...
Public Lives: A Knack for Putting Feminism on Film
by By ROBIN FINN May 29th, 2008 | Movie Reviews
Amy Sewell, whose second documentary, “What’s Your Point, Honey?†had its New York premier this week, seems to have her bases covered as a Gloria Steinemesque feminist.