Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:00am
Patrick "Kitty" Braden (Cillian Murphy), the protagonist of Breakfast on Pluto, writer-director Neil Jordan's adaptation of the novel by Patrick McCabe, grows up feeling caught between the boundaries of traditional sexual categories.
Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:00am
In most films, apocalyptic catastrophe warrants something of a buildup, or, barring that, some discussion of the fact that an apocalyptic catastrophe has occurred.
Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:00am
One of the unfortunate truths about comedy is that it has almost always been a male endeavor, particularly in its more bawdy incarnations.
Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:00am
"Every war is different, and every war is the same." So says Anthony Swofford, the main character of Jarhead, a first-person account of a young Marine who serves in the first Gulf War. The same can be said of war movies.
Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:00am
Mikael Håfström's Derailed was a Miramax film when initially conceived, but it certainly isn't upon its release. Beyond the fact that the Weinstein's studio no longer exists, Derailed bears none of the hallmarks of a Miramax picture.
Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:00am
Michelangelo Antonioni's 1975 film The Passenger, starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider, must be seen on the big screen. Released only on an out-of-print pan-and-scan videocassette in the mid-'80s and not yet available on DVD, The Passenger has become a bit of a cult item.
Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:00am
Before you see this film, ask yourself: how many different ways can Pride and Prejudice be remade? And of all the remakes, how many are as good, if not better, than the original Austen novel?
Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:00am
In a business where regular gigs are anything but the norm, Columbia's music professor Chris Washburne and his Latin jazz ensemble SYOTOS, See You on the Other Side, have managed to secure a regular performance schedule for thirteen consecutive years in New York City.
Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:00am
Eddie Argos sings songs about erectile dysfunction, used to be a Goth, and has an obsession with Van Gogh. He seems to be the kind of guy you'd find outside a bar at 3 a.m., slamming on a guitar and mumbling half-spoken, half-sung testaments to punk rock.
Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:00am
The story of Charles Bissell and his band, the Wrens, is the stuff of middle-aged indie myth.
