washingtonpost.com - Ann Hornaday on MoviesAnn Hornaday on Movies'Guess Who': It Looks Like Turkey for Dinner- April 24, 2005 The gifted comedian Bernie Mac has made a career of the withering glare, and the times he gets to turn it on are the only bright spots in "Guess Who," a remake of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." That 1967 film enlisted no less than Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn and Sidney Poitier to lend their unassailably iconic personae to the then-radical notion of interracial marriage. As a pop cultural bellwether, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" has become something of a classic despite its often...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64721-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/... Unrequited Affection- April 24, 2005 What a concept: a trilogy of short films by Wong Kar-Wai, Steven Soderbergh and Michelangelo Antonioni, each dealing with the subject of love and sex.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35860-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/m... The Other Side of Bollywood- April 24, 2005 Filmfest DC begins today with "Raincoat," a sultry, seductive romantic melodrama by Indian filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh. The choice to open the festival with "Raincoat" is an altogether appropriate one, given this year's focus on Indian and Chinese cinema, and given the desire to expand filmgoers' vision of India beyond Bollywood stereotypes.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48142-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/... 'In My Country': Out of Its Depth- April 24, 2005 "In My Country" is a movie with an impeccable pedigree. Based on the acclaimed memoir "Country of My Skull" by the South African author Antjie Krog, adapted for the screen by an equally respected South African writer named Ann Peacock and the revered British director John Boorman ("Hope and Glory," "Deliverance"), this is a movie that, on paper at least, should have been a home run.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17455-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/... 'Thousand Roads': Paved With Good Intentions- April 24, 2005 The National Museum of the American Indian has produced a slick, high-end short film to play in its state-of-the-art auditorium. And from the looks of the 43-minute movie's pedigree and production values, it has spared no expense. "A Thousand Roads," which loosely connects a series of vignettes of Native life, not only looks great but hews faithfully to the museum's overarching ethos of celebrating the contemporary Native experience throughout the Western Hemisphere.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45380-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/... Sequel Fails Talent Contest- April 24, 2005 "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous" finds Sandra Bullock once again snorting and tripping her way from tomboy to swan.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61702-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/... 'Selling Democracy,' Marshall Plan in Miniature- April 24, 2005 On the heels of stories involving the appointment of Karen Hughes as a State Department undersecretary in charge of improving the U.S. image in the Middle East, as well as government-funded press releases masquerading as news stories, the timing for "Selling Democracy: Films of the Marshall Plan 1948-1953" could not be better.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37406-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/m... 'Dot the i': Punctuated With Pretentiousness- April 24, 2005 "Dot the i," a gimmicky first-time feature that bears all the unfortunate earmarks of an ambitious but empty directorial vision, stars the young Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal in a role that brings his recent winning streak to a screeching halt. Indeed it looks as if this otherwise straight-to-video endeavor, which was made in 2003, is being released only to cash in on Bernal's of-the-moment-ness in Hollywood.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45510-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/... Asian Itinerary- April 24, 2005 Unlike previous festivals, this year's Filmfest DC focuses on the films of India and China.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37407-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/m... Selling the Marshall Plan, European Style- April 24, 2005 They don't make propaganda like they used to.Today, we get fake news stories, news releases disguised as journalism, and columnists paid by the president's administration to endorse its policies. When the government tries to sell its particular brand of soap, it's not with delicacy or...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55160-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/... |