The Visitor
Now Showing
103 minutes • 2008 • USA • In English • Rated PG-13 (for language.)
The Visitor "is pleasurable on so many levels that what it's about becomes far less important than what it is" Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com.
- Friday, Jul 4 - Thursday, Jul 10 @ 4:00 PM, 6:30 PM
OSS 117: Nest of Spies
Now Showing
99 minutes • 2006 • France • In French with Subtitles • Unrated (Would be PG-13 or so.)
"Nest of Spies may be a small, subtitled release, but it's also a gauntlet thrown at the feet of the upcoming big-screen adaptation of "Get Smart." See it and you'll have a substantial idea of what a spy comedy should be." Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian
- Friday, Jul 4 - Sunday, Jul 6 @ 1:30 PM
- Friday, Jul 4 - Thursday, Jul 10 @ 9:00 PM
Mongol
Starts Friday
120 minutes • 2007 • Germany | Kazakhstan | Russia | Mongolia • In Mongolian with Subtitles • Rated R (for sequences of bloody warfare.)
Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com
“Mongol” (Kazakhstan; directed by Sergei Bodrov) If you thought Genghis Khan was ready for a sympathetic, epic–scale biopic, you’d be — well, you’d be right, that’s what. At the helm of this massive Russian–Kazakh–Mongolian co–production, director Bodrov doesn’t exactly revolutionize the historical costume drama but does a bang–up job of covering the bases: A hero whose brutality is rooted in brutal circumstances, a semimystical treatment of pagan religion, an appealing love interest and numerous scenes of carnage and bloodshed, both large and small. Played as a boy by Odnyam Odsuren and then as a man by Japanese star Tadanobu Asano, the 12th century illiterate Mongol chieftain’s son named Temudgin who rose from most unlikely origins to conquer half of the known world (and who was notably generous to his underlings and conquered enemies alike) becomes a plausible human being. “Mongol” ends abruptly, just as the young khan has united the Mongol tribes and set out to conquer the northern fringe of China. Perhaps Bodrov and his cast are contemplating a sequel. (Opens in June.)
Original review here.
“Mongol” (Kazakhstan; directed by Sergei Bodrov) If you thought Genghis Khan was ready for a sympathetic, epic–scale biopic, you’d be — well, you’d be right, that’s what. At the helm of this massive Russian–Kazakh–Mongolian co–production, director Bodrov doesn’t exactly revolutionize the historical costume drama but does a bang–up job of covering the bases: A hero whose brutality is rooted in brutal circumstances, a semimystical treatment of pagan religion, an appealing love interest and numerous scenes of carnage and bloodshed, both large and small. Played as a boy by Odnyam Odsuren and then as a man by Japanese star Tadanobu Asano, the 12th century illiterate Mongol chieftain’s son named Temudgin who rose from most unlikely origins to conquer half of the known world (and who was notably generous to his underlings and conquered enemies alike) becomes a plausible human being. “Mongol” ends abruptly, just as the young khan has united the Mongol tribes and set out to conquer the northern fringe of China. Perhaps Bodrov and his cast are contemplating a sequel. (Opens in June.)
Original review here.
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