Lars and the Real Girl stars Ryan Gosling as a loner who doesn’t allow himself to come close to anyone, not even his brother (Paul Schneider) and sister-in-law (Emily Mortimer). He certainly can’t handle the thought of a relationship with an actual woman, even though he has a co-worker named Margo (Kelli Garner) who is […]
Real Girl an endearing parable
Lars and the Real Girl stars Ryan Gosling as a loner who doesn’t allow himself to come close to anyone, not even his brother (Paul Schneider) and sister-in-law (Emily Mortimer). He certainly can’t handle the thought of a relationship with an actual woman, even though he has a co-worker named Margo (Kelli Garner) who is […]
The Believer
“The Beleiver” is a powerful, shocking film about one man’s struggle with faith and ideology. Henry Bean’s directorial debut won the grand jury prize at the Sundance independent film festival in January 2001, but it couldn’t find a regular distributor until earlier this summer, apparently because its subject matter — it’s about a Jewish skinhead […]