What To See This Week
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Land of the Dead (general release) George A. Romero returns to the genre he immortalized with this masterly zombie action flick, a work of incontestably great popular (and populist!) art. Is it too early to declare it the American film of the year?
Spirited Away (MoMA) / Howl’s Moving Castle (general release) Great kid’s stuff, “Howl’s Moving Castle” – and also one of the most radical dream narratives this side of “Mulholland Drive.” The latest from legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki doesn’t achieve the seamless imaginative flow of his masterpiece “Spirited Away,” but it’s still an enthralling show.
Lessons of Darkness (Anthology Film Archives) The burning oil fields of Kuwait furnish Werner Herzog with the apocalyptic raw material for his magnificent, harrowing documentary essay.
