Running with Scissors with mom Annette Bening and son Joseph Cross. ‘Running with Scissors’ movie review: Annette Bening shines in muddled coming-of-age tale Problems abound in Ryan Murphy’s movie version…
The Fifth Estate with Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange and Daniel Brühl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg. ‘The Fifth Estate’ movie review: ‘Tasty’ but ‘opaque’ version of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Late in…
Una Noche movie with Anailín de la Rúa de la Torre, Javier Núñez Florián, and Dariel Arrechaga as Cuban refugees. Una Noche: Lucy Mulloy debut feature presented with ‘urgent, rough-hewn…
‘Elysium’ with Matt Damon. ‘Elysium’ 2013 movie review: Lateral move for ‘District 9′ director Neill Blomkamp If Elysium were South African director Neill Blomkamp’s debut feature film, it would have…
Only God Forgives: Ryan Gosling stars in Nicolas Winding Refn’s “darkest” film. ‘Only God Forgives’: Ryan Gosling stars in Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘darkest and most oblique’ film In Nicolas Winding…
Pacific Rim Jaeger Pacific Rim review: Dumb movie made by smart director As summer tentpole films become increasingly reliant on the international box office to earn back their enormous costs,…
Armie Hammer as The Lone Ranger, Johnny Depp as Tonto. The Lone Ranger Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean quasi-sequel in Western garb In highfalutin’ acting circles, it’s said that…
World War Z with Brad Pitt. ‘World War Z’ review: ‘Grandest zombie enterprise ever’ lacks dramatic cohesion – but zombies come to the film’s rescue If there’s one thing harder…
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The Canadian with Thomas Meighan. ‘The Canadian’: Thomas Meighan faces adversities in The Land of Promise Thomas Meighan is The Star of William Beaudine’s The Canadian (1926), which screened at…
Call Me Kuchu with Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato. ‘Call Me Kuchu’: The universality of anti-gay hate in Uganda It’s impossible to watch Call Me Kuchu, Katherine Fairfax Wright…
The Hangover 3 with Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, and Ed Helms. ‘The Hangover 3’ review: ‘Unnecessary sequel’ that’s ‘sporadically and barely’ amusing There was a time, and this time now seems…
The Great Gatsby 2013 with Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby. The Great Gatsby 2013: Solid Leonardo DiCaprio; ‘small, sad truths’ lost in the glitz Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby is…
‘Iron Man 3’ with Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow. ‘Iron Man 3’: ‘A worthy addition to Marvel’s movie library’ compromised by ‘clever, stealth ways’ to appease the Chinese market…
Mud movie with Matthew McConaughey. Nothing ordinary about Jeff Nichols’ ‘Mud’ movie Ostensibly, writer-director Jeff Nichols’ Mud is about the titular character, played by Matthew McConaughey, who’s on the run from…
Antiviral with Caleb Landry Jones. Antiviral: Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘gutsy, notable debut’ tackles celebrity worship gone amok There will come a day, and a blessed day it will be, when we…
To the Wonder with Rachel McAdams and Ben Affleck. ‘To the Wonder’: Terrence Malick movie a lyrical but redundant poem Writer and director Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder is built…
Stoker movie with Matthew Goode: Creepily alluring performance. ‘Stoker’ movie: Creepy Matthew Goode in Park Chan-wook’s Flawed English-language feature debut The title Stoker, left to stand alone for Korean director…
Like Someone in Love: Abbas Kiarostami drama features Rin Takanashi. Like Someone in Love: Abbas Kiarostami film is ‘lovely, intriguing, and stylish’ At age 73, Iranian-born director Abbas Kiarostami is…
Greta Garbo in ‘Queen Christina.’ Greta Garbo Queen Christina movie masterpiece. (Image: Greta Garbo as Queen Christina.) One of the most ambitious productions of the early 1930s, the Greta Garbo…
Edward G. Robinson is an iconic all-American gangster in Mervyn LeRoy’s landmark but creaky 1931 crime drama Little Caesar.
Barry Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby in Going My Way. Director Leo McCarey and screenwriters Frank Butler and Frank Cavett poured a whole bottle of syrup into their sentimental comedy-drama Going…
Swampland race relations: Old indie mixes reactionary ideas about interracial love with vengeance and voodoo in tragic actress’ final little-seen film.
The Goose Woman with Louise Dresser and Jack Pickford. At the 2011 San Francisco Silent Film Festival, the Clarence Brown-directed 1925 Universal release The Goose Woman was introduced by author…
Huckleberry Finn movie: Lewis Sargent toplines sentimental William Desmond Taylor effort. Huckleberry Finn Movie: Sentimental Fare Directed by Eventual Murder Victim Directed by William Desmond Taylor, Huckleberry Finn stars a…
Blue Jasmine with Cate Blanchett. Blue Jasmine movie review: Woody Allen is pissed Years ago, the venerable and prolific writer-director and comedian Woody Allen was quick to remind people that…
Un Flic with Alain Delon. Un Flic: Jean-Pierre Melville’s ‘late noir classic’ Jean-Pierre Melville’s last film, Un Flic / A Cop (1972), is a late noir classic that features all…
‘The East’ movie with Brit Marling. ‘The East’ movie: Thriller marred by unbridled earnestness The East is a didactic polemic couched in a mediocre thriller that takes itself far too…
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Featuring a fantastic supporting cast (Mia Farrow, Donna Murphy, etc.), Todd Solondz’s deadpan tragicomedy Dark Horse depicts a jerks life.
A hammy Andy Griffith + Budd Schulberg’s didactic screenplay hinder Elia Kazan’s 1957 sociopolitical drama A Face in the Crowd costarring Patricia Neal.