Film

Critic John Powers reviews the film "Spy Game."

Critic Ken Tucker reviews the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone.

Film critic John Powers reviews Heist, written and directed by David Mamet and co-starring Ricky Jay. Also starring are Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito and Delroy Lindo.

Film critic John Powers reviews The Man Who Wasn't There, the new film by Joel and Ethan Coen.

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the film West Side Story, we speak with cast members. The film is a screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical about New York City gangs circa 1960. It won ten Oscars. First, George Chakiris, who played Bernardo in the movie. He won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the role. Chakiris was born in 1935 and made his acting debut at the age of 12. Hes been in many films, TV shows and plays. He got the West Side Story film role after playing the role of Biff in the London theater production of West Side Story.

Actress Marni Nixon. Moreno won an Oscar for her role as Anita in West Side Story. She been in dozens of films and TV shows. Many baby boomers will remember her from the kidsPBS series The Electric Company. She played a starlet in Singinin the Rain. Marni Nixon is the singing voice of Maria (played by Natalie Wood) in West Side Story. She also did voiceovers for Deborah Kerr in An Affair to Remember and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady. More recently, she did voiceover work for the animated film Mulan.

Film critic John Powers reviews the new David Lynch film, Mulholland Drive.

His 1955 film noir masterpiece RIFIFI was re-released last year. It was virtually unseen since its release because Jules Dassin was blacklisted. He met and married Greek actress Melina Mercouri, and went on to collaborate with her in the hit films Never on Sunday and Topkapi, the inspiration for Mission: Impossible. Mercouri is being honored by New York Film forum.

Film critic John Powers reviews L.I.E., an independent film about a troubled teenage boy and the older man who steps into his life. L.I.E. stands for Long Island Expressway, where the boy's mother died in an auto crash.

Documentary film director Ric Burns. He directed the 7-part Emmy-awarded winning PBS series, New York: A Documentary Film. The last two episodes of the series air on most stations September 30th and October 1st. Also commentator Peter Quinn who appears in the film. Quinn is a novelist, essayist and third generation Irish-American. He is the author of the historical novel Banished Children of Eve.