On the surface, The Lookout bears all the elements of a full-on-entertaining action thriller. Bank robberies.
Damien Rice's sophomore album marks the return of the Irishman whose heartbroken, sometimes expletive-peppered songs come through a voice that's both wrenchingly articulate and intimate. 9 is the belated follow-up to 2003's sleeper hit, O, where Rice introduced his beautiful, stripped-down style accompanied by cello, piano and guitar, proving he's hardly a one-instrument man à la John Mayer or Jamie Cullum types.
Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan reunites with Christian Bale to once again hit well-deserved box office gold with this spine-chilling psychological tale.
When two Hollywood heavyweights hit the big screen together, we can expect nothing less than "The Movie Blatantly Geared For The Oscars Even Before Opening In Theatres." Sean Penn and Jude Law belong to that race of actor lounging atop the Tinseltown A-list.
Becoming Tarantino doesn't need to remain a pipe dream. Her Infidel, currently one of the most ambitious film projects on Grounds, is largely written, directed, shot, cast and acted by students armed only with a penchant for mafia movies.
When Mark Cohen himself strolls onto the stage in Old Cabell, the excitement is palpable. The audience whispers, people in the mezzanine rustle merchandise.
You can tell right off that double-Sundance winner Down to the Bone is one of anti-Hollywood's obligatory indie-darlings.
Abdellatif Kechiche's infectiously upbeat take on the perils of adolescence provides a satisfying conclusion to the French Film Festival.
Winter Passing is the Virginia Film Society's maiden offering of the semester. First-time director Adam Rapp, who was present for a Q&A session at the screening, emphasized his focus on "character-driven" drama based on his background as a playwright. True enough, the film revolves around four very lonely people -- the action largely takes place within the confines of a grief-stricken writer's secluded, foliage-wrapped abode in rural Michigan.
Winter Passing is the Virginia Film Society's maiden offering of the semester. First-time director Adam Rapp, who was present for a Q&A session at the screening, emphasized his focus on "character-driven" drama based on his background as a playwright. True enough, the film revolves around four very lonely people -- the action largely takes place within the confines of a grief-stricken writer's secluded, foliage-wrapped abode in rural Michigan.
