RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Drama. Starring Lee Young-Hoon and Lee Han. Written and directed by Leesong Hee-Il. In Korean with English subtitles. (R. 112 minutes. At the Embarcadero Cinema Center.) Even a melodrama can be made credible in the hands of a skilled...
Archive for August, 2008
‘Year of the Fish’
by Walter Addiego August 29th, 2008 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Animated fantasy. Written and directed by David Kaplan. With An Nguyen, Tsai Chin, Ken Leung, Randall Duk Kim. (Not rated. 96 minutes. At the Sundance Kabuki in San Francisco and the Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley.) Too raw for kids and...
Movie review: Tough time in ‘Days and Clouds’
by Walter Addiego August 29th, 2008 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Days and Clouds: Drama. Directed by Silvio Soldini. With Margherita Buy, Antonio Albanese, Alba Rohrwacher. In Italian with English subtitles. (Not rated. 115 minutes. Presented by the San Francisco Film Society at the Sundance Kabuki.)...
Film Clips
by Leba Hertz August 29th, 2008 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Documentary. Directed by Darryl Roberts. (R. 105 minutes. At the Sundance Kabuki.) Darryl Roberts admits he made a mistake. He had a wonderful girlfriend, but he had the conceit to think he could find somebody more perfect and...
Movie review: ‘I Served the King of England’
by Ruthe Stein August 29th, 2008 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)I Served the King of England: Drama. Starring Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser and Julia Jentsch. Directed by Jirà Menzel. In Czech with English subtitles. (R. 118 minutes. At the Embarcadero.) For his latest film, director Jirà Menzel has...