A Few Films to Look for in New York.. .

A few movies out at the moment and starting this weekend that I caught at various festivals over the course of the last few months. 

The first is actually out at the moment and doing quite well in its limited release-the film is "The Visitor," with Richard Jenkins in a rather career defining role as a widowed and depressed college professor who gets involved in the struggle between two immigrants from Syria. The film can be found in various locations around the city, and my review for the film at the Toronto Film Festival can be found here.

The second is being released this Friday at the Angelika Film Center-it's the wonderful comedy "Son of Rambow," about two young boys who begin to make an action movie after being inspired by 'First Blood." My review from the Toronto Film Festival can be found here.

The third I did not like at all-Harmony Korine's "Mister Lonely," which is opening at the IFC Center on Wednesday. This is somewhat of an example of a good story gone bad, and when the best scenes in the film feature documentary film maker Werner Herzog in a subplot that I still cannot connect to the main story line there is clearly something wrong with the movie. Oddly enough Herzog had some of the best scenes in the recent mockumentary film "The Grand," which I did not review here but found some enjoyment out of. My review for "Mister Lonely" from the Toronto Film Festival can be found here.