Movies

Remember the Weathermen? The political ones, who organized against the Vietnam War and sometimes blew things up?
In “The Company You Keep,” Robert Redford plays Jim Grant, an Albany public interest lawyer. Thirty years ago, he may or may not have been involved in the bombing of a bank in Michigan in which, reminiscent of the real-life Brinks truck robbery, a security guard was killed. Grant’s true identity as Nick Sloan is revealed when Sharon Solarz (Susan Sarandon) decides to turn herself in and he is approached to represent her.

When I learned there was a remake of Sam Raimi’s immortal “The Evil Dead,” I was very, very concerned.
The “Evil Dead” trilogy: “The Evil Dead” in 1981, the cleverly titled “Evil Dead II” in 1987, and “Army of Darkness” in 1992‚ occupy a special place in the caca pantheon.

What we have here are two girls, best friends from birth, bonded since their mothers clasped each others’ hands during childbirth at the end of World War II.
Written and directed by Sally Potter, who drew from her own memories growing up in England in the shadow of the bomb, “Ginger and Rosa” reveals the inner workings of female friendship and the helplessness — and manipulations — of adolescence.

The movie is titled “Living for 32,” and its subject is guns, or, rather, managing guns to keep them out of the hands of children, felons and disturbed persons.
The number 32 refers to the people killed in 2007 at Virginia Tech by a student there. It refers also to the number of people killed every day in this country by guns, says Virginia Tech survivor Colin Goddard, a low-key, affable 25-year-old who is the major figure in this 40-minute documentary.