Jean Oppenheimer, Author at Cleveland Scene

The Wedding Zinger

Nair’s film explodes the Hindus and don’ts before the nuptials.

Six lonely strangers meet in a beguiling Italian class.

Arthur Miller fixes his Focus on prejudice in 1940s Brooklyn.

Bread and Tulips is an Italian Home Alone for the grown-up set.

In Songcatcher, the music of Appalachia comes alive.

Merchant and Ivory return, this time as rarefied as ever.

Amores Perros sears its characters (dogs included) to a crisp as it leads them to a kind of redemption.

The Oscar-winning One Day in September tells the brutal story of an Olympics massacre.

Archival footage illuminates a remarkable Holocaust story.

The ostensibly comedic Malena is little more than a lesson in abuse.

2000’s Top 10 Films List

Sandra Bullock is transformed into a pageant beauty in the suitably amiable Miss Congeniality.