Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: “Brief Encounter” Brief Encounter (1945) With colleague Michelle Keenan having picked Casablanca for her DVD pick, I’ll recommend its British equivalent, Brief Encounter.This 1945 film written by Noel Coward and starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson is considered to be the greatest British romance ever made butContinue Reading
Bullhead ****1/2 Short Take: The disturbing but absorbing story of a cattle farmer, his ties to the Belgian ‘Hormone Mafia’ and his dark past. Reel Take: Nominated for an Oscar this year for Best Foreign Film, Bullheadis the disturbingly dark and absorbing story of two men tied by a childhoodContinue Reading
Contraband **1/2 Short Take: A former smuggler returns to his life of crime one last time to save a family member. Reel Take: Contraband, the American remake of a 2008 Icelandic thriller, sounds like a great vehicle for Mark Wahlberg. In many ways it is. He can utilize his streetContinue Reading
