Megan Turner
The Archive
THE SHOW MUST GO ON! WHY THE VISIONARIES BEHIND 'MOULIN ROUGE' ALMOST BACKED OUT OF BROADWAY
November 24, 2002 | 5:00amThe most highly-anticipated Broadway show of the year nearly didn't happen. Baz Luhrmann - the audacious film director who mixed Shakespeare with hip-hop in 1995's "Romeo + Juliet" and shook...
DESCENT OF A MAN IN PORTUGAL
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amO FANTASMA Arty gay film.In Portuguese with English subtitles. Running time: 90 minutes. Not rated (full frontal nudity, sex scenes, language). At the Quad, 13th Street, between Fifth and Sixth...
POWERFUL STORIES WHEN WOMEN TAKE CHARGE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amPERSONAL VELOCITY Intelligent chick flick.Running time: 90 minutes. Rated R (brief violence, some strong sexuality and language) At the Angelika and the First & 62nd Cinemas. REBECCA Miller's intelligent troika...
DOUBLE-0 HEAVEN: BOND IS BACK AND BROSNAN'S GOT HIM
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amDIE ANOTHER DAY *** 21st century Bond WHAT stamina! Forty years of saving the world have diminished Bond's derring-do not a whit and this, the first installment of the new...
THE VAGINA DIALOGUE
November 20, 2002 | 5:00amWHILE "Talk to Her" shows a newly pensive side to Pedro Almodovar, he lets his frisky alter ego out to play with "Shrinking Lover," a silent, black-and-white film within the...
TAKING RISKS WITH 'HER' - 'TALK' IS DEAR TO ALMODOVAR
November 20, 2002 | 5:00amBALDLY stated, Pedro Almodovar's new film, "Talk to Her," is about a crime committed against a comatose woman. But the enfant terrible of Spanish cinema says it would be "a...
BOND TURNS 40
November 20, 2002 | 5:00amTHE first time the world was introduced to Bond, James Bond, he was playing blackjack and flirting with a beautiful woman as John Barry's indelible theme music swelled in the...
A FLING & A PRAYER
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amEL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO Crimes of passion in Mexico.In Spanish with English subtitles. Running time: 120 minutes. Rated R (sexuality, language and some disturbing images). At the Angelika and...
ONE TORTURED SLIDE INTO MADNESS
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amREVOLUTION #9 1/2 A smart little indie.Running time: 91 minutes. Not rated (language). At the Quad, 13th Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. IT'S a mad mad mad mad world,...
A LIGHT TOUCHÉ
November 13, 2002 | 5:00am'DIE Another Day" features another Bond Girl whose name should ring a bell. Madonna, who also sings the film's techno-tinged theme song, dons bondage-black fencing gear and troweled-on eye liner...
SHE'S A BOND BOMBSHELL ; HALLE OFFERS HIGH-JINX
November 13, 2002 | 5:00amSHE'S got the gams and the guns: In short, the latest Bond Girl is more than just a very pretty face.As the dazzling but deadly U.S. secret agent Jinx in...
GALLIC GUMDROP DOESN'T SATISFY
November 8, 2002 | 5:00amGOD IS GREAT,I'M NOT A cinematic petit four. In French, with English subtitles. Running time: 95 minutes. Not rated (language, sexual situations). At the Paris, 58th Street and Fifth and...
SHORTS ARE LONG ON ENTERTAINMENT
November 8, 2002 | 5:00amTHE HIRE Pedal to the metal.Running time: "Hostage," "Beat the Devil" and "Ticker," each about 9½ minutes. Not rated (violence.) At bmwfilms.com. CLIVE Owen already has my vote to step...
H'WOOD TALKS IN QUEENS
November 8, 2002 | 5:00amFILM buffs and scholars, take note: As of next week, a valuable new resource will be available on the American Museum of the Moving Image's Web site. For nearly 15...
DE PALMA'S 'FEMME FATALE' A FATAL MISTAKE
November 6, 2002 | 5:00amFEMME FATALE [ 1/2] Flaky film noir. In English and French, with English subtitles. Running time: 110 minutes. Rated R (strong sexuality, violence and language). At the Empire, the Lincoln...
TRYING TRYSTS MISS
November 1, 2002 | 5:00amLOVE IN THE TIME OF MONEY Great cast, wasted.Running time: 90 minutes. Rated R (a disturbing violent image, strong sexual content and language). At the Cinemas 1,2,3 and the Quad....
DITCH THIS WITCH
November 1, 2002 | 5:00amBESOTTEDHalf a star A cursed mess.Running time: 92 min. Not rated (language, sexuality, full frontal nudity). At Village East, Second Avenue and 12th Street. FORGET eye of newt and wing...
SLOSHING ALONG
November 1, 2002 | 5:00amTHE WEIGHT OF WATER Running time: 105 minutes. Rated R (violence, sexuality/nudity and brief language). At the Union Square, 13th Street and Broadway. 'THE Weight of Water," adapted from Anita...
SEX AND THE SECOND CITY
October 31, 2002 | 5:00am'CHICAGO," the movie version of the sexy stage play, could finally usher in the much-ballyhooed revival of the big-screen musical. While the success of Baz Luhrmann's avant-garde "Moulin Rouge" raised...
FANTASY FEUD
October 31, 2002 | 5:00amWizard vs. wizard. Hobbit vs. Muggle. Gollum vs. Dobby. A trip to the movies will be a flight of fancy this holiday season, and the town is certainly big enough...