MOVIE REVIEWS
Flashy 'League' isn't one for the books
"League" is a chuckleheaded blockbuster version of the clever graphic novel series in which literary heroes band together to fight evil in 19th-century Europe. The film is a good-looking but preeningly empty explode-o-rama that will delight 13-year-old boys and bore everyone else.
Read Ty Burr's review
TY'S RENTAL PICK
Johnny Depp and the high seas
It's a tough week for a rental pick, but with "Pirates of the Caribbean" out, why not rent a classic pirate flick or one of Johnny Depp's early 90's work?
More recent releases:
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"
"Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
"Bonhoeffer
"Oscar-nominated shorts"
"Love the Hard Way"
MOVIE NEWS & FEATURES
By moving to Boston, can Malkovich be himself?
Brace yourselves. Word is that John Malkovich is moving to Boston. Think of that spectral face floating across the Common after midnight, dancing from one shadow to another along the illuminated cobblestones of Beacon Hill like a creature in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
Ludivine Sagnier shows her versatility in 'Swimming Pool'
Early in the movie "Swimming Pool," which opened last week, French actress Ludivine Sagnier is shown in a bathtub, one long, languid hand holding a cigarette just above a ripe, round breast.
Sex, lies, cinematheque
Movies play games with perception. That's not just a cliche, it's a founding truth of the medium, and one that French filmmakers have time and again spun into art.The upcoming 2003 edition of the Boston French Film Festival tests this principle and finds it sound.
LOCAL ACTION
Celebrating the blues in sight and sound
In celebration of the congressional proclamation declaring 2003 as "The Year of the Blues" and with Martin Scorsese's much anticipated PBS series "The Blues" coming to WGBH in September, two local venues present timely programs of blues-related films this month and next.
Katharine Hepburn, film's indomitable woman, dies at 96
Katharine Hepburn, who for more than 70 years blended fire, breeding, and backbone to personify the modern, independent American woman, died Sunday at her beachfront home in the Fenwick section of Old Saybrook, Conn. She was 96.
At first, prickly star was a tough act for Hollywood to swallow
With brave choices, she stayed true to her remarkable self
Documentaries excel, in dramatic fashion
While Hollywood specializes in spackling over people with computer-generated plaster, human complexity has become the almost exclusive domain of documentary filmmaking.
Kidman to star in Sudanese story of love and war
Nicole Kidman is on board to star in the feature-film version of Deborah Scroggins's novel "Emma's War: An Aid Worker, a Warlord, Radical Islam, and the Politics of Oil -- A True Story of Love and Death in Sudan."
Local Action: 'Cyberlounge' shows director is no slouch
And you think you're a movie buff
They haunt the city's movie revival houses. They spurn Hollywood blockbusters. They are the cinemaniacs, and ye shall know them by their frighteningly deep knowledge of the films of Miriam Hopkins.
In a play about keeping secrets, a parallel to Chamberlain's life
After decades of what some incorrectly perceived as surgically induced youthfulness Richard Chamberlain has finally aged a bit. But he is still the world's reigning crowned head of the mega-hit TV miniseries.
Whether with scares or schlock, the zombie film never dies
More than 35 years after zombies were indelibly established as relentless, flesh-devouring killing machines in "Night of the Living Dead," the surprising freshness of "28 Days Later" affirms the genre's continuing relevance.
A history of Siam gets royal treatment
Prince Chatri Chalerm Yukol isn't just a member of the Thai royal family, he's also an accomplished filmmaker who is eager to discuss his latest film, "The Legend of Suriyothai," which opens Friday.
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