Actress-filmmaker Radha Blank’s semi-autobiographical midlife-crisis tale The Forty-Year-Old Version evokes memories of Woody Allen + Paul Mazursky.
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As an RKO and MGM star, sassy blonde Ann Sothern had an unconventional professional trajectory: A and B movies in a decades-long film career that had no less than 2 peaks.
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The Women remake with Meg Ryan. In the old Margalo Gilmore (on Broadway, 1936), Norma Shearer (1939), and June Allyson (1956) role, 1990s Hollywood Sweetheart Meg Ryan plays a materially…
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Trouble Is My Business is a tongue-in-cheek film noir homage that evokes memories of classic Hollywood crime dramas of the 1940s and 1950s.
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Here’s a brief look – to be expanded – at Turner Classic Movies’ June 2017 European Vacation Movie Series this evening, June 23. Tonight’s destination of choice is Italy. Starring…
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James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a mostly enjoyable romp, but despite the presence of Chris Pratt the franchise is starting to feel a bit stale.
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The Boss wastes the talent of comedienne Melissa McCarthy, who is partly to blame as she cowrote the script. Husband Ben Falcone directed. Kristen Bell costars.
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‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ 2015: Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer. ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ movie is a domestic box office bomb: Will it be saved by international filmgoers? Directed by…
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. with Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer. ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ box office: Bigger domestic flop than expected? Before I address the box office debacle of Warner…
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The sharp and well-acted romantic comedy In Stereo feels like a throwback to edgy American indies of years past. Micah Hauptman stars.
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Frank Capra’s first all-talkie, The Donovan Affair is now a silent once again. In-house actors were thus needed to voice Jack Holt, Agnes Ayres et al.
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Melissa McCarthy rises to the occasion in Paul Feig’s transgressively feminist Spy movie comedy. Jason Statham and Miranda Hart costar.
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Jason Strouse’s indie comedy Teacher of the Year makes its views on education known in a clever and humorous manner. Matt Letscher stars.
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Robert Pattinson in Maps to the Stars. ‘Maps to the Star’s trailer and clips: Julianne Moore goes ballistic after losing a role, Robert Pattinson learns that Mia Wasikowska’s parents are…
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The Grand Budapest Hotel expands Wes Anderson’s cinematic horizons both visually and thematically. A memorable Ralph Fiennes stars.
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Woody Allen is pissed and it shows in the mordantly thoughtful and beautifully acted social satire Blue Jasmine. Cate Blanchett stars.
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Todd Phillips’ The Hangover Part III has turned out to be a near-total waste of money and talent. Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis star.
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Garth & Wayne’s World with Dana Carvey and Mike Myers. Wayne’s World movie: Mike Myers & Dana Carvey + director Penelope Spheeris to attend Academy screening Wayne’s World, starring Saturday…
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Featuring a fantastic supporting cast (Mia Farrow, Donna Murphy and others), Todd Solondz’s deadpan tragicomedy Dark Horse depicts a jerk’s life.
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Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche: ‘The Players’ posters and 9/11 joke removed. World Trade Center 9/11 joke removed from Jean Dujardin sex comedy ‘The Players’ “Jean Dujardin, already Oscared, can…
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Allison Janney, Emma Stone, The Help Sept. 8 update: The Help was once again the no. 1 movie at the U.S. and Canada box office on Tuesday, Sept. 7, grossing…
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Carnage review mix is less than enthusiastic: Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz in Roman Polanski’s post-arrest comeback. Based on Yasmine Reza’s play God of Carnage, Roman…
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Cary Grant and Jean Arthur in The Talk of the Town (top); Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year (bottom). Actor Cary Grant collaborated with director George…
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Is Brüno Gay? Or anti-gay? Sacha Baron Cohen is seen above as the über-effeminate title character. Brook Barnes in the New York Times: “So it goes for Brüno, a movie…
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Viridiana with Silvia Pinal. Viridiana, Luis Buñuel’s provocative 1961 Palme d’Or-winning classic proving that life is a bitch and then you play cards, will run at New York City’s Film…
Starring the German Mary Pickford, Ernst Lubitsch’s The Doll movie is a satirical fantasy featuring inventive art direction and jabs at the Catholic Church.
Bread and Butter shows that late-life virginity is detrimental to your emotional health. Cast: Christine Weatherup and Bobby Moynihan.
Abandoned in post-production and long-forgotten, Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day is a rare early movie about the lives of black people anywhere.
Karin Swanström and Hjalmar Bergman’s The Girl in Tails shows that women must fight and scandalize in order to remove the weight of social oppression.
Gore Verbinski’s action Western The Lone Ranger feels like an arid reboot of his Pirates movies. Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp star.
Maps to the Stars for Robert Pattinson / David Cronenberg? Above, Pattinson in Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis (Paul Giamatti in background) Robert Pattinson hates Twilight, according to those who have taken seriously…
No Strings Attached movie with Natalie Portman. No Strings Attached movie: Natalie Portman box office prowess boosts year’s first sleeper hit Feb. 1 update: Ivan Reitman’s No Strings Attached movie…