Chris Sarandon

There may be prohibitive reasons, doubtless having to do with money, but in my perfect world every noteworthy or even more than halfway interesting theatrical production would be committed to film or tape or a digital hard drive and make its way to the...

There's an old saying that goes, "If it's Halloween, it must be 'Saw.' " OK, so maybe that's just the trailer for " Saw IV," but after five years, with a new movie each year, the "Saw" franchise practically owns the holiday. The "Saw" films might not...

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas -- Tim Burton's vision, Henry Selick's 1993 movie -- is a masterpiece. A work of grand visual wit, clever songs, funny gags and genuine pathos, it is perhaps the greatest stop-motion animated film ever, a...

A summary of the movies playing Oct. 11 to Nov. 15, 2007 at the 22nd Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Most tickets are $10 general admission; $5 for members and free for holders of FLIFF Fast Pass. Parties and special events are priced...

For a movie that was not a very big hit in theaters, "The Princess Bride" has enjoyed as long and fruitful a life on video as just about any film of the past 20 years. That might explain why the third DVD version of the movie, based on Oscar-winning...

In Tim Kirkman's thoughtful "Loggerheads," a young drifter, Mark (Kip Pardue), with an interest in saving loggerhead turtles arrives in one of their sanctuaries, Kure Beach, N.C., in the summer of 1999. He attracts the attention of George (Michael Kelly),...

2½ stars (out of four) Tim Kirkman's "Loggerheads," which is set in three North Carolina locales at millennium's end, is a delicate if somewhat soap-operatic Southern mood piece that occasionally clicks. Intertwining three stories set from about 1998...

Friday August 16, 1996      What it lacks in irony and suspense, Gilbert Adler's "Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood" makes up for in whimsy and cheeky self-assurance. The second feature to emerge from the long-running HBO horror show is a...

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