http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/movies/dessonhowe?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweDesson Thomson on Moviesen-us1514020http://www.washingtonpost.comhttp://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6934-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6934-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMTis Landlady. A chain-smoking harridan (played by Yuen Qiu) in nightie and curlers, she can crack glasses with her screeching harangues and can knock guys out cold with her aerial kicks. At one point, frustrated with her shiftless husband (Yuen Wah), she cold-cocks him -- sending him bouncing off a canopy below and face first on to the ground. Before Landlord can recover, she tosses a clay flower pot onto his head. It breaks, and the solitary white rose tumbles out.]]> Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7146-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7146-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6935-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6935-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34093-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34093-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34094-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34094-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34095-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34095-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Dana Brown, who made the engaging surfing documentary "Step Into Liquid" gets back on dry land for this loose, freewheeling documentary. Make that real dry land: This doc is about the drivers of the Baja 1000, an annual nonstop off-road race (the world's longest) that has been going since 1967. It's a wonderfully democratic event. Anyone with any set of wheels can enter, whether it's dirt bike, dune buggy, monster truck or old-time VW Beetle. The only criteria: Finish the race. Competitors on this dusty desert terrain know there are many crucial factors to racing the Baja: a great road crew to troubleshoot for them, relay drivers who can take over and keep up the pace, personal resilience and a vehicle that won't die on them. Brown (who shot the 2003 race with a widespread camera crew) brings home the passion of these racers, many of whom come back every year; they pass their enthusiasm along to their sons and, in some cases, wives, who become competitors, too. Andy McMillin, 16, is the grandson and son of previous racers, and there's a father-son duo between 62-year-old J.N. Roberts, who won the 1967 debut race, and son Jimmy. It's a fascinating film, but after a while, the digital photography wears out its gritty welcome, and the footage of endless rough roading becomes repetitive. Contains racing action and peril, and some obscenity. At the Loews Georgetown, Loews Shirlington and Landmark's Bethesda Row.]]> Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34096-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34096-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15796-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15796-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15794-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15794-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15795-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15795-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMTSure, buddy. Pull the other leg. Yeah, another day in the big city. Wa-Sin-City, D.C.]]> Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15797-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15797-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1131-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1131-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62989-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62989-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMTalways a Max in a Woody Allen movie -- writes tragedies. They're having the kind of pretentious chat that could only happen in Allen's mind, using words like "profundity" and "soul." The subject of discussion is the intersection and/or the difference between comedy and tragedy. (Readers are now paring down to intellectuals, former dance or drama students and fans of irony.)]]> Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43661-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43661-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43667-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43667-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43664-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43664-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Desson Thomsonhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43662-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhowehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43662-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_style/movies/dessonhoweSun, 24 Apr 2005 3:26:13 GMT Desson Thomson