Lantana

Lantana is an unconventional suspense film that succeeds on a smaller, more intimate scale. The avoidance of deus-ex-machina plot twists and the reliance upon tension generated by interpersonal situations drives the film. – Marrit Ingman

"...release, Bliss), symbolizing the secrets and lies that lurk beneath the placid surfaces of marriage and friendship. Beefy police..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Unwrapping the Package

Beneath all the glitter and glamour at Kenichi lies a restaurant of authentic substance, Chronicle Food writer Rachel Feit observes. Kenichi's executive chef Shane Stark knows more than the fine art of raw fish and rice.

"...But beneath all this glitter and glamour also lies a restaurant..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Chunhyang

"...Korean opera star Cho Sang Hyun singing the events beneath a bare proscenium arch as they occur onscreen. This..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Billy Elliot

"...least capturing the horrific day-to-day intensity of being crushed beneath Margaret Thatcher's miner-baiting boot heel, but that's about as..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dinosaur

"...way the creatures move, the way their musculature jiggles beneath their pebbled skins, and in the seamless merging of..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Love and Basketball

A young woman learns to navigate the hoops on and off the court.

"...Two things bind them together for life: a sweet, simmering-beneath-the-surface devotion to each other that belies their overt rivalry..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

"...sizable role, is clearly having a ball, mugging wildly beneath eyebrows apparently nicked from Rufus T. Firefly, while Williams..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Deep End of the Ocean

"...too controlled to convey the heart that is breaking beneath the rigid exterior. Goldberg is wasted in the relatively..."

March 19, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

My Favorite Martian

"...in yet another role that most would consider far beneath him. This isn't Andre he noshing with, nor is..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First Love, Last Rites

"...high drama. It becomes symbolic of the anxieties lurking beneath the surface, much like the undertow that the local..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Love You, I Love You Not

"...to tap the deep artery of human truth flowing beneath their story's skin. It wouldn't be the first time..."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Deep Rising

"...who's ever seen such classics as It Came From Beneath the Sea! knows that tentacles + firepower = fun,..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fallen

"...of Revelation makes an appearance), and the film falters beneath its need to pull out all the theological stops..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mimic

"...thousands of them breeding in the abandoned subway lines beneath the city, huge roach-like creepies with the ability to..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Angels and Insects

"...film, which is essentially about the dark underbelly lurking beneath the seemingly polite veneer of 19th-century Victorian society, simply..."

March 8, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Village of the Damned

"...Mouth of Madness. Whatever happened, Carpenter's remake is decidedly beneath his normal talents. Let's hope he doesn't opt to..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Losing Isaiah

"...contention on the legal battlefield. Yet it also digs beneath these figures' skins to find shared qualities. The women..."

March 24, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Silent Tongue

"...One can't help but feel some loss watching him beneath the Tree of Death mumbling over the corpse of..."

June 17, 1994 Movie Review by Alvaro Rodriguez

The Scent of Green Papaya

"...her upstairs bedroom/prayer altar. Yet all this unhappiness is beneath the surface, hidden from direct view. Also hidden from..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Threesome

"...Fleming, thankfully, acknowledges that, instead of burying the edginess beneath a pall of collegiate shenanigans. All three actors are..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Faraway, So Close

"...bewilderment once he is earthbound, his holy armor tucked beneath his arm. People who were waiting for Wings of..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jimmy Hollywood

"...litany of the famous names emblazoned on the stars beneath his feet. Here's a guy, a mensch, really, who's..."

April 1, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

"...the poet's full life from his rather dysfunctional childhood (beneath the hoary shadow of his mentally ill mother) to..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Police Story II

In the second part of Chan's Police Story opus, his detective is demoted to a traffic cop for his previous escapades but that still doesn't keep him out of trouble.

"...director has graciously included a “blooper reel” that runs beneath the film's closing credits giving us a glimpse of..."

Sept. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fortress

"...ticket to the Fortress (a giant underground prison housed beneath the California desert) and possible death. To be brief,..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Project A -- Part II

"...films, stick around for the blooper reel that runs beneath the film's closing credits: it's one of the best..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Aspen Extreme

"...wearing radio transmitters (so rescuers can locate their bodies beneath 20 feet of snow) and $800 neon Obermeyer Spandex..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Wisecracks

"...public restrooms, and premature ejaculation, to name a few. Beneath the hilarity of these funny women, though, is the..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Best Intentions

"...mother, a powerful matriarch who feels it would be beneath her daughter's standing to marry this meek little theologian...."

Sept. 25, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's 1992 Festival of Animation

"...sweeping trash, cars, and people into the refuse duct beneath him. Not all of the shorts that Spike and..."

Aug. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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