Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Becoming Traviata




There are some fascinating dialogues between director and star in Philippe Béziat’s opera-rehearsal documentary “Becoming Traviata.”

Fast & Furious 6




Is there a better action franchise at the moment than the Fast and the Furious? I don't think so.

We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks




"We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks" is the latest work by the prolific and widely interested documentarian Alex Gibney, who over the past decade has given us highly infotaining films on subjects as disparate as financial fraud ("Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room"), sexual abuse within the Catholic Church ("Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God"), chemically enriched journalism ("Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson"), and Iraq-war interrogation techniques (his Oscar-winning "Taxi to the Dark Side").

Before Midnight




In 1995's "Before Sunrise," Jesse (Ethan Hawke), an American on a Eurail pass, met Celine (Julie Delpy), a French student, on a train.

The Painting



78 minutes has rarely felt so long as in the moralistic multicultural animated import "The Painting," in which the characters of an unfinished painting come to life.

The Hangover Part III



While it doesn't approach the heights of hilarity and freshness attained by the original "Hangover," Part III of the trilogy delivers an unexpected number of big laughs.