Coppola is back on terra firma with this intimate, often lyrical tale of father-daughter evolving bond, splendidly played by Dorff and Fanning and seductively shot by ace lenser Harris Savides. (Emanuel Levy) The most inconsequential movie of 2010. (Rachel Jacobs) Not that it’s anything new for a Sofia Coppola film to be divisive, but “Somewhere”, [...]

The most interesting thing about OPEN FIVE is how the film consciously punctuates its ‘not a movie’ moments with scenes that are perfect little instances of movie magic. There are compositions here that soak in the deep Southern landscape with the same affection that Renoir had for the 19th-century slackers and shady grove in his [...]

If you’re enrolled in the Regal Cinemas’s (or AMC’s or any of the major chains) rewards programs, you know that it takes a lot of spending to receive even a free small popcorn. Quick word to the wise: their Facebook page is constantly offering deals: free popcorn, free drinks, cheap ice cream, whatever. And you [...]

A new 35-millimeter print of “Every Man for Himself” begins a two-week run at Film Forum Friday and once more it is the film of the moment, if now for different reasons. (Manohla Dargis, The New York Times) A new Godard print at the Film Forum is usually reason for the film buffs of New [...]

This documentary, helmed by Estonian director Jaak Kilmi, takes an extremely distinctive, lighthearted, and convincing approach to arguing how the communists lost the Cold War. “Disco and Atomic War” won the Best Documentary prize at the Warsaw International Film Festival with a unique and provocative argument. The film argues that American television showed the pleasures of [...]

NOTHING LESS THAN AN ABIDING MIRACLE OF CINEMA… The film’s uncompromised glories are manifold. Michael Chapman’s cinematography, whose black-and-white palette emulates the street photography of Weegee, is at the top of the list, along with Thelma Schoonmaker’s crisp editing and the meticulous sound design.The dialogue, which ducks and jabs in cadences distinct to the Italian-American [...]

The first ever DOC NY festival begins tomorrow and runs through the 9th. Over 40 films screen, mostly at the IFC Center and various NYU venues. Of the 40 docs, many look interesting, and most noticeable are by big-name directors Werner Herzog (‘Grizzly Man’, ‘Rescue Dawn’) and Errol Morris (‘The Thin Blue Line’, ‘The Fog of War’). [...]

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks. Civilization has become so protective that we’re no longer able to get our goose bumps instinctively. The only way to remove the numbness and revive our moral equilibrium is to use artificial means to bring about the shock. The best way to achieve that, it seems [...]