Film

British filmmaker Kate Blewett. Using a concealed camera, Blewett and crew visited eleven state-funded orphanages in China and filmed in nine of them. They documented such things as toddlers whose hands and legs were tied to potty chairs all day, and the rooms where children are left to die. They also say that many of the children were girls, victims of China's One Child Policy, and the Chinese tradition that favors sons over daughters. "The Dying Rooms: China's Darkest Secret" debuts on CINEMAX (Jan 24 at 8 PM). (Interview by Marty Moss-Coane)

Guest film critic Steve Vineberg reviews "Georgia."

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Waiting to Exhale."

Film critic for The Boston Phoenix, Steve Vineberg. He reviews "Richard III."

Actor/director/writer Sean Penn. The "reluctant actor" is starring in the new film "Dead Man Walking" directed by Tim Robbins, co-starring Susan Sarandon. (It's based on the book, of the same title, by Sister Helen Prejean). Penn has moved away from acting in favor of writing/directing: the 1991 film "The Indian Runner" which he wrote based on a Bruce Springsteen song, and last year's "The Crossing Guard" starring Angelica Huston and Jack Nicholson.

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Dead Man Walking."

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews "12 Monkeys"

Film critic Stephen Schiff gives us his year's best.

Critic Steve Vineberg reviews the film adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility."

Critic Steve Vineberg reviews a new film version of Shakespeare's "Othello." It stars Laurence Fishburne as Othello, and Kenneth Brannagh as Iago.