Movies - Sept. 20, 2008
Metcalf's DVD Screening Room: Sept. 20, 2008
"Z" isn't real, but it certainly feels real. The editing won an Academy Award in 1970. Costa Gavras, the director, was nominated as Best Director, as was the picture itself. Because the focus of the film is on the story, on what is happening, none of the acting calls attention to itself. The film is filled with wonderful performances that don't seem acted; they seem lived.
Tags: mark metcalf, z, robert kennedy, martin luther king, sarah palin, spiro agnew, costa gavras

Movies - Nov. 23, 2006
Ensemble cast too big for "Bobby"
Children of the '70s, '80s and '90s probably won't have a grasp on the magnitude of Bobby Kennedy's murder at the Ambassador Hotel in 1968, but there are people still alive who were there that day and remember the ramifications.
Tags: bobby kennedy, robert kennedy, emilio estevez, lindsay lohan, elijah wood, sharon stone, william h. macy, ensemble cast