Jean Oppenheimer, Author at Cleveland Scene

Holmes Fried

Wonderland‘s tale of a porn star’s decline might have had resonance, if any of it felt real.

Three recluses form an unlikely bond in The Station Agent.

Woody Allen’s latest feels uncomfortably familiar.

Director François’s Swimming Pool is many things at once, all of them good.

Seabiscuit is a different breed of summer “ride” movie.

Cast against type, Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno get mired in stale formula.

Chen Kaige extols the power of music in a time of change.

Based on The Gambler, Alex and Emma takes no risks at all.

Man on the Train marks yet another successful collaboration between actor Jean Rochefort and director Patrice Leconte.

Raising Victor Vargas draws remarkable performances from an untrained cast.

Duff rides her popular TV series to Rome and the big screen.

A focus on the wrong woman hinders the otherwise beautiful Nowhere in Africa.