Films about ennui are perverse in the sense that most of us go to the movies to be excited, to have our senses rattled by sensation. We want to escape boredom, not be steeped in it. It takes such ...

Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere" is a casual film that sneaks up on you. It's slow-moving and almost hypnotic at times. That is to say, not much happens. At least not in the typical movie sense. But its ...

Somewhere (R) (98 min.) - Famous actor Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) lives in a world of permanent stubble and indifferent clothing choices, inane press questions and constant access to meaningless sex ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — Stephen Dorff knew he had to play the lead role in “Somewhere.” He says his mother, who had died a year earlier, always wanted him to play a role with heart, and Dorff won the ...

Sofia Coppola likes to be cooped up. In gauzy portraits of privileged isolation, she has situated her characters in a Tokyo hotel (“Lost in Translation”), the opulent remove of Versailles (“Marie ...

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’S daughter, Sofia, who starred in “The Godfather III” as Al Pacino’s daughter, has grown up to become one of the most exciting filmmakers working today. Her debut film, “The ...

Sofia Coppola confuses you. The 39-year-old director’s films are gorgeous, yet boring. You can wander around on Tumblr looking at her images until midmorning, because they’re full of these ethereally ...

SOMEWHERE 1 January 6, 2011 BA Tomorrow (Friday), Sofia Coppola’s new film “Somewhere” opens at Landmark’s Hillcrest Cinemas. KPBS film critic Beth Accomando says it’s a disappointing work from the ...