From the Film Vault
Program Notes: Munich (2005)
Thrilling, complex and troubling, Munich is one of the great films of Steven Spielberg's maturity. Lurking deep inside its white-knuckle action is an inescapable conundrum: What if the persecuted become persecutors?
New on DVD: Chimpanzee (2012)
Chimpanzee is sometimes so astoundingly beautiful that you wonder if it’s for real. It also smacks of contrivance and artifice, and anthropomorphizes its animal subjects.
Program Notes: The Bicycle Thieves (Italy; 1948)
If you’re a film geek, you never forget the first time you saw The Bicycle Thieves. That’s because this movie is so devastatingly emotional that suddenly you realize just how potent a movie can be.
Program Notes: Infamous (2006)
Infamous is a pretty good movie with a performance by Brit actor Toby Jones as Truman Capote that should have earned him an Oscar nomination, and Daniel Craig as the murderer Perry Smith.
Program Notes: Layer Cake (2004)
An entertaining gangster flick with plenty of style, Layer Cake asks us to root for a nameless drug dealer simply because he's less vile than his fellow miscreants – and because he's played by Daniel Craig.
