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Movie Review | ‘Wild Tigers I Have Known’: A Loner Wanders Junior High, as a Lion Strays on Campus

February 28th, 2007 by STEPHEN HOLDEN
The moment at the dawn of adolescence when hormones and daydreams swirl into a heady fog of confusion is poetically evoked in “Wild Tigers I Have Known.”

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Movie Review | ‘The Astronaut Farmer’: Who Needs NASA? See What’s in the Barn

February 27th, 2007 by A. O. SCOTT
There is a thin line separating visionaries from fools, and Billy Bob Thornton walks it adroitly in “The Astronaut Farmer.”

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Movie Review | ‘The Taste of Tea’: A Cubist Family Portrait

February 24th, 2007 by NEIL GENZLINGER
A bit of patience is required to get through “The Taste of Tea,” but patience is often rewarded, and it certainly is by this droll and oddly touching film.

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Movie Review | ‘Starter for Ten’: Multiple Choice Love Quiz

February 23rd, 2007 by JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
“Starter for Ten” tackles a lofty subject — the allure of knowledge — with down-to-earth charm.

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Movie Review | ‘The Wayward Cloud’: A Tale of Love, Drought and Desperation

February 23rd, 2007 by A. O. SCOTT
“The Wayward Cloud” offers one plausible moral: If life hands you watermelons, make love to them.

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Movie Review | ‘Reno 911!: Miami’: Laying Down the Law, Just for Laughs

February 23rd, 2007 by MANOHLA DARGIS
“Reno 911!: Miami” is slapdash, on-and-off funny and exceedingly lazy.

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Galleries banking on Warhol crowd-puller

February 23rd, 2007 by Scotsman.com News - Entertainment - Arts
MONET, Mueck, and now Warhol. The National Galleries of Scotland has set its hopes for another summer blockbuster on the art of Andy Warhol, the painter, graphic artist, film-maker and 1960s icon of American pop art.

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Dial M for Macbeth - on your mobile phone

February 23rd, 2007 by Scotsman.com News - Entertainment - Arts
YOU'VE studied the history and seen the play - now get ready for Macbeth, the text message.

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Movie Review | ‘Amazing Grace’: The Imperfect Soul Who Helped Bring an End to the Slave Trade

February 23rd, 2007 by MANOHLA DARGIS
“Amazing Grace,” a prettified take on the life and times of the 18th-century reformer William Wilberforce, carries a strong whiff of piety.

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Movie Review | ‘Gray Matters’: Brother and Sister, With Similar Taste in Girls

February 23rd, 2007 by STEPHEN HOLDEN
“Gray Matters” pretends to be high-end French Champagne, but is really a midpriced domestic vintage.

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