Red Planet

"...from one of those books. In the early 21st century, Earth has become one massive Bayonne, NJ, stewing in..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Titanic Town

"...step in the winding down of Northern Ireland's meat-grinding three-century war of attrition with Great Britain. Bernie's cause at..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Golem

This rarely screened silent film is based on the Jewish folktale of the golem. Remembered as a high point in German Expressionism, with dramatically painted sets and crowd scenes and stylized acting. The Golem is played by co-director Wegener, who also directed this story a couple of other times.

"...clay monster created by Rabbi Loew in the 16th century to thwart the Hapsburg rulers after they issue a..."

June 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gone in Sixty Seconds

"...best American movies of the latter part of the century, films like Valley Girl, Wild at Heart, Birdy, and..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Road to El Dorado

"...the friendship of Tulio (Kline) and Miguel (Branagh), two 16th-century Spanish rascals whose escapades land them shipboard in the..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Best Fiend

"...has Kinski and his team hauling a huge, gaudy, 19th-century riverboat over Peruvian mountaintops and through slashing rapids, to..."

March 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...to become "The First Great City of the 21st Century" started when the town had little to lose; changing..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Angela's Ashes

"...difficulty fathoming that it could take place in this century. It's a tribute to McCourt's temperament that he relates..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Source

"...lasting influence of these cultural icons of the 20th century...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Grandfather

"...There's also the constant, stunning cinematography that literally makes turn-of-the-century Spain appear as if it's just been cribbed from..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Stendahl Syndrome

"...Leonardi, Thomas Kretschmann and Asia Argento. In the mid-19th century while on a tour of Italian architecture, the famed..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Dog of Flanders

"...and marginally older versions of Nello Daas, a scrappy 17th-century orphan (mother dead, father MIA) in Antwerp, currently in..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Illuminata

"...-- marriage. Turturro plays Tuccio, a struggling playwright in turn-of-the-century New York, whose latest creation, Illuminata, is shelved by..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

The Haunting

"...The Haunting of Hill House gets the full effects-laden, end-of-the-century treatment from action director De Bont (Speed, Twister), which..."

July 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream

"...to change the locale from ancient Greece to late 19th-century Italy, replete with background music from La Traviata. The..."

May 14, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Ravenous

"...for the country's voracious westward expansion during the mid-19th century, but not to worry, there's plenty more going on..."

March 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Artemisia

"...Artemisia is an interesting meditation on the life of 17th-century painter Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the first women in..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love and Death on Long Island

"...De'Ath is a British dinosaur who regards the 20th century as anathema. He's described in a newspaper blurb as..."

March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mrs. Dalloway

"...Line), Mrs. Dalloway transforms one of the masterpieces of 20th-century literature into a rambling series of misfires and who-gives-a-damn..."

March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Great Expectations

"...hardy story easily survives the change of setting from 19th-century England to the modern-day USA, and the liposuctioning of..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Beaumarchais Scoundrel

"...from France, Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais -- late 18th-century French playwright, wit, magistrate, spy, war merchant -- is..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Irma Vep

Assayas' camerawork and editing recall the glory days of the French New Wave, while Cheung holds the center as an actress caught up in the behind-the-scenes mayhem on a creative film set.

"...leader of a group of high-profile cat burglars in turn-of-the-century Paris. Arriving in the City of Lights, the easygoing,..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Watermelon Woman

An African-American lesbian filmmaker struggles entertainingly to find antecedents.

"...self-reflections in the history and artifacts of cinema's first century, you'll come up rather empty-handed. Yet, should we be..."

July 18, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina

"...case you're having trouble keeping those adulterous, tragically fated 19th-century heroines straight in your mind, this is the one..."

May 23, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Paradise Road

"...camps during World War II undoubtedly speaks as a 20th-century testament to the indomitable human spirit and its will..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Star Wars: Special Edition

"...the Star Wars trilogy’s prequels, wunderkind Lucas and 20th Century Fox have opted to soup up the first three..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghosts of Mississippi

"...to drag it kicking and screaming into the 20th century. It’s not enough, and sometimes, it’s too much. Ghosts..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jude

"...Cunningham and Rachel Griffiths. Based on Thomas Hardy's late 19th-century British novel Jude the Obscure, the more simply titled..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

My Life and Times With Antonin Artaud

"...one of the most electrifying cultural figures of this century. In terms of difficulty, making a boring movie about..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Madame Butterfly

"...us who couldn't name 10 operas at gunpoint. In 19th-century Japan, the teenaged bride Cio-Cio-San (Ying), aka Butterfly, foolishly..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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