In "Momma's Man," writer-director Azazel Jacobs merges his own life into fiction by casting his parents as the movie's parents and shooting nearly all of it in their ancient TriBeCa loft.
09/04/2008 06:38 PM
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A new French film, “A Secret,” looks at the saga of a Jewish family during World War II.
09/03/2008 05:20 PM
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“Everybody Wants to Be Italian,” a new romantic comedy centers on the relationship between two people who are not Italian, but pretend to be because they think that's the other one's ethnicity.
09/02/2008 04:27 PM
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As a movie, “Hamlet 2” is daft, lively, and very, very scrappy – a knockoff of Waiting for Guffman that blends that Christopher Guest classic with a satire of inspirational-teacher movies, then throws in a tweak of conservative values.
Updated 08/28/2008 03:15 PM
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The new indie film “Year Of The Fish” is an old Chinese version of the classic fairy tale “Cinderella,” and changes the setting to present day in New York's Chinatown.
08/27/2008 04:58 PM
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"I Served the King of England" is well filmed, well directed, and finely acted.
Updated 08/26/2008 01:03 PM
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“Elegy” is the rare honest drama about the ways of lust, yet it's finally a movie about love.
08/21/2008 06:41 PM
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"The Rocker" is watchable and pleasant enough, but not worth full price at the box office.
08/20/2008 01:20 PM
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Anita O' Day was an incredible jazz singer, and although her name may not be as well-known as her contemporaries Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, a new documentary, “Anita O' Day: The Life Of A Jazz Singer,” aims to try and change that.
08/19/2008 05:54 PM
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“Tropic Thunder” is a giant, thrashing satirical comedy about a bunch of folks from Hollywood who set out to make a Vietnam War epic.
08/15/2008 02:35 PM
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