大明嫔妃之攻心

　　沉寂七年的北漂演员郝贝事业迎来翻身契机，正当灯红酒绿男欢女爱之际，突然出现一个七岁的儿子小龙，小龙一口咬定郝贝就是自己的亲生父亲，由此两人引发了一连串爆笑又不失温馨的囧事。

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
　　Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
　　As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
　　The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
　　Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

　　《再见，我的新郎》记录了同志青年肖恩·彼特尼·克罗恩 （Shane Bitney Crone） 和汤姆·布莱德格鲁（Tom Bridegroom）感人的爱情故事。他们刻骨铭心的相爱，曾经考虑结婚育子、组建家庭，然而所有可能性随着汤姆在2011年5月7日由屋顶意外坠落而化为乌有。肖恩不能去医院见汤姆最后的一眼，他无权处置汤姆的遗物，他甚至被禁止出席汤姆的葬礼，一切只因为他不是汤姆的“家人”，他们的关系得不到法律认可。
　　2012年汤姆去世一周年时，肖恩将他的不幸故事做成视频上传到YouTube网站，结果在世界各地引起极大反响，从而最终促成这部《再见，我的新郎》的诞生。《再见，我的新郎》获纽约翠贝卡电影节观众票选最佳纪录片奖。

　　2001年THE GLASS HOUSE 的续集，Angie Harmon（《法律与秩序》 ）和Joel Gretsch （《少数派报告》）扮演的角色看起来是一对完美的父母。当Abby和Ethan在一场悲剧事故中失去双亲后，他们被起先视为最亲切的父母Eva and Raymond Goode收养，然而很快，孩子们意识到他们的新家人有别有用心的动机，而且结果可能是悲惨的。