Leaving Las Vegas
October 27, 1995 | One last spin of the dice, one final round before closing time. That's all Ben Sanderson (Nicolas Cage) really wants during his long, lingering bender in…
Lawrence of Arabia
March 17, 1989 | This is the way God, and director David Lean, intended you to see Lawrence of Arabia -- in a pristine-condition, fully restored 70mm print, edited to the original…
Laws of Attraction
April 30, 2004 | She's a risk-averse, by-the-book workaholic who over-prepares for every eventuality with a fanatical attentiveness to detail. He's an easygoing, imperturbable charmer who appears to be improvising…
Late August Early September
July 7, 1999 | Olivier Assayas' Late August, Early September is an affectingly melancholy drama that addresses us in the soft yet insistent tone of someone sharing intimate secrets. This…
The Last Samurai
December 5, 2003 | Take this as fair warning: If you count yourself among those moviegoers who are predisposed to despise Tom Cruise -- and you know who you are,…
The Last Days Of Disco
May 29, 1998 | The title may conjure images of wild nights, fast times and John Travolta in a bright white suit, but The Last Days of Disco is not another…
The Last Castle
October 19, 2001 | Before he found respectable employment as a film director (The Contender, Deterrence), Rod Lurie made his living as a film critic. So I’m reasonably sure that he would…
Lakeboat
April 13, 2001 | David Mamet already had several produced plays to his credit before he wrote Lakeboat, a freewheeling and often profanely funny collage of monologues and conversations aboard a…
A Knight’s Tale
May 11, 2001 | Imagine a gallant knight of the Middle Ages praising his clever beloved as "my foxy lady." Imagine 14th-century revelers shaking their booties to David Bowie's "Golden…
Kill Bill Vol. 2
April 16, 2004 | The geysers of blood are tapped down to trickles, the swordfights are more even-sided – one-on-one face-offs, not against-all-odds marathons – and the breakneck pace slows enough…