John Malkovich, Eddie Izzard and Willem Dafoe working together in Shadow of the Vampire are a film nut's delight. To say Chocolat the film is sweet is terrible, but one does tend to look for a Disney or Hallmark label somewhere in this truffle of a film. Better to visit Donnelly's chocolate place on Mission Street and have some very real world-class delights. Speaking of eating, Hannibal is one well-done film. Elza Minor, noted New Jersey and Santa Cruz film enthusiast, reminded me that this is Hannibal Lecter's third film and that Anthony Hopkins wants to do his role a third time.
Snatch is a much more violent foreign film.
Not for the faint of heart, and it's excellent. Speaking of rumors, Cynthia Mathews is completely right. What is important here is that there is so much talk, so early, about our next City Council election. The two letters to our editor last week about my urging the boycott of Girl Scout cookies miss many of the points I've been trying to make for years. Get the Scouts to sell something else in some different way.