Andy Hanson (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a finance executive at a real estate firm in New York City. Facing an upcoming audit he knows will reveal his having embezzled from his employer (in support of a drug habit), Andy decides to escape to Brazil, believing there to exist no extradition treaty between Brazil and the […]
Weeds: The Series
With its fantastic comedy series Weeds, cable network Showtime finally gave up its also-ran status to HBO and found itself with a controversial, buzz-worthy show that was as hilarious as it was dark. A recent widow with two growing sons, Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) looks like a typical resident of the affluent Southern California suburb […]
Lars and The Real Girl
Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) lives in the converted garage behind the house he and his brother Gus (Paul Schneider) inherited from their late father. Karin (Emily Mortimer), Lars’s pregnant sister-in-law’s persistent attempts to lure him into the house for a family meal are usually rebuffed, and on the rare occasions he accepts, their conversation is […]
All That Jazz
Choreographer-turned-director Bob Fosse turns the camera on himself in this nervy, sometimes unnerving 1979 feature, a nakedly autobiographical piece that veers from gritty drama to razzle-dazzle musical, allegory to satire. It’s an indication of his bravura, and possibly his self-absorption, that Fosse (who also cowrote the script) literally opens alter ego Joe Gideon’s heart in […]
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