A. O. Scott
writes of the film, which stars Joaquin Phoenix:  “Like the melancholy descendant of an
early Philip Roth protagonist, he is caught between a nice,
mama-approved Jewish girl (Vinessa Shaw) and a willowy
blonde (Gwyneth Paltrow) from outside the tribe.”

Tonight at 7
p.m. at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music, the director, James Gray, will answer questions.