Impromptu—A droll, high-spirited account of the romance between pants-wearing author George Sand (Judy Davis) and the angelically sickly Chopin (a charming Hugh Grant).
Trees Lounge—Ubiquitous independent film actor Steve Buscemi (of Fargo woodchipper fame) turns writer-director with a first film better than most of those he’s been in, a sharply-etched portrait of a Long Island loser (guess who).
Ma Saison Preferée (My Favorite Season)—Fine French character study with Catherine Deneuve and Daniel Auteuil as chic middle-class siblings separated by busy lives.
A Midnight Clear—Thoughtful WWII drama with a surreal edge; Gary Sinise and Ethan Hawke are among the soldiers who’ve been guarding a remote chateau a little too long.
Angels and Insects—A lowborn naturalist is taken in (in more ways than one) by a family of decadent aristos. A visually dazzling, eye-opening dissection of Victorian tribal behavior.
Red—An aged crank of a judge and a model unexpectedly connect. The last of Polish master Krzsystof Kieslowski’s “Three Colors” trilogy, and the best... movie of the 1990s?
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