Previews

February, 2003

Every year good films slip through the cracks. I wouldn't cite 2002 as an especially rich year for movie lovers, but there were a number of outstanding video releases that merit attention. Some, like Lantana, LIE and The Devil's Backbone, earned critical praise but never got wide release. Lantana is a potent adult drama from Australia starring Anthony LaPaglia as a detective whose marriage is in crisis, which affects his behavior on a missing-persons case involving an author (Barbara Hershey) an...