Interview

Any doubts as to whether Sienna Miller is a gifted actress should be laid to rest by Interview.

While the subject matter is certainly American enough, it seems possible the original had a bit more depth.

The Interview is mannered, implausible, and stagy, but queasily compelling all the same.

Afforded a comparatively rare chance to stretch out in a complex lead role, Buscemi is excellent.

Whatever we may make of van Gogh's life and death, Buscemi's talky, stagey Interview -- the first of three van Gogh adaptations planned by American actor-directors -- doesn't make much of a case for him as an important or original artist.

Unfortunately, Buscemi's film conveys the spirit of its source material but doesn't make a satisfying transmogrification out of its homage.

Buscemi and Miller do their best with what they have, finding at least some small redemption in two dislikable characters written into an improbable situation, but emotional honesty in the service of nonsense is still nonsense, no matter how many scabs it manages to pick at.