Category: movies

  About 55 years ago, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy and Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton got crazy in Hollywood and filmed Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967, not rated, 108 […]...

  The breaking of a heart can take so long… I watched Ethan Frome (1993, rated PG, 99 minutes), then I read the book, then I watched the movie again, it’s easier […]...

  Emperor of the North (1973, rated PG, 118 minutes) is a heroic film. Do yourself a favor: plan to watch it twice. Get the picture: a tramp named “A No. […]...

Dirty Dancing (1987, rated PG-13, 100 minutes) invites you to go deeper than the “ugly duckling/Prince Charming/red hot final dance” story—the powerful elements of the film are Baby’s naiveté, and her […]...

  Conspiracy is an almost flawless portrayal of naked evil being done by powerful men, each of whom has lost or abandoned his moral compass. It is dry, withering, completely transparent, […]...

  Here’s the big bad spoiler: there’s a love story in Brokeback Mountain (2005, rated R, 135 minutes). It has cowboys. It has scenic mountains. It has pickup trucks and big empty […]...

If you’re a fan of Henrik Ibsen’s stark, unforgiving play, you’ll love this film version of A Doll’s House (1973, rated G, 95 minutes). Both have the same undercurrent of desperation. […]...

More from the movie corner of Graziella: Kirikou and the Sorceress And now for something completely different, to start the holidays with the right film, this week we propose a traditional […]...

More from the movie corner of Graziella: River of Grass   For the third week in a row, we watch a film by one of the most important indie filmmakers in […]...

More from the movie corner of Graziella: Night Moves  This week we remain with the American director Kelly Reichardt and the film she made after Meek’s Cutoff (last week’s recommendation). Shot on […]...