Cassandra’s Dream (2007) ***
Fitfully absorbing but, in the end, unconvincing drama of two brothers who get in too deep. Eerily similar to Sidney Lumet’s “Before the Devil Knows You're Dead,” which was harrowing. This one is not.
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) ****
Enthralling documentary of Bronx-born genius Stanley Kubrick covers his life and all his films. Doesn't uncover the source of his vision, his detachment, his lethal cinematic decadence—but who could?
Revolutionary Road (2008) ***
Grim! Maybe not an argument against marriage and the suburbs per se, but certainly one against entering either with airy expectations. Sam Mendes also did “American Beauty.” Probably no coincidence.
Robin and Marian (1976) ****
Truly lovely. Sean Connery as Robin, an ever-luminous Audrey Hepburn as Marian, and an awareness of love, lost youth, death, and time. See this when you’re young, then wait, then see it again.
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) ****
Sally Hawkins’s soulful Poppy is a genuine character—in both senses of the word—who will click with some viewers but not with others. For the lucky ones, this movie is like making a friend.
Monday, October 12, 2009
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