"Boy A" is one of those ripped-from-the-headlines films that, depending on the execution, can end up a maudlin movie-of-the week or an incisive but moving commentary. Published ...
Nobody likes a hypocrite - that's why some political scandals provoke more outrage than others. Published August 8, 2008
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona" is a Woody Allen film, but you wouldn't know it from the promotional materials. Published August 15, 2008
The cinema has not served Philip Roth well. Published August 22, 2008
If "In Search of a Midnight Kiss" were writer-director Alex Holdridge's first film, I would say it was a pretty promising debut. The black-and-white film is studded with beautifully composed shots and...
"Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" is likely to do brisk business among families this weekend. What could be more fitting this Fourth of July than to take your daughter to a movie about a spunky young girl...
"Beauty in Trouble" ("Kraska v nesnazich") was inspired by a song that was inspired by a poem. This moving and surprising Czech film, however, is very much down to earth, its concerns informed as much...
"The Stone Angel" is a Canadian classic. The novel by Margaret Laurence is required reading for almost every high-schooler up north. Published July 11, 2008 ...
Combine the tricky twists and turns of the American thriller with the subtlety and sophistication of French cinema and you have "Tell No One" ("Ne le dis a personne"), a highly charged piece of work that...
M. Night Shyamalan is in that select club of name-above-the-title directors. The India-born, Philadelphia-raised auteur's name is usually in even bigger type than that of the big names - Bruce Willis,...
It's difficult to know how to review Guy Ritchie's latest film, "Sherlock Holmes." On one hand, it's a rather entertaining action film, full of style and spark. On the other, it bears almost no relation...
Most men would kill to have in their lives the women Guido Contini has in his. They range from the ethereal Nicole Kidman to the earthy Penelope Cruz, from the sassy Kate Hudson to the stately Judi Dench....
Pity the poor parish priest. Father James (Brendan Gleeson) is just trying to live a godly life and is encouraging his flock to do the same, but they keep "dragging you down into the muck," as a fellow...
Swinging London might not have been quite as swinging as most of us thought. Published November 13, 2009
"Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" is a terrible title for Werner Herzog's new film. It's not that it's an untruthful one. The problem is that the title makes it look like a remake of the 1992...
Which city is the greatest in the world? New York, Paris, London, Rome, Berlin — they've all inspired many celluloid fantasies. If "New York, I Love You," the latest contribution to the genre, is...
It seems a strange thing to say about a book fewer than a dozen sentences long, but here it is: "Where the Wild Things Are," the film, is not a faithful adaptation of its source material. Published ...
"Love Happens" is anything but the light romantic comedy it's being marketed as; it's more interesting than that - an exploration of grief and loss and how even the most sensible of us have trouble coming...
Intertwined, nonlinear storytelling has become the trademark of Guillermo Arriaga - so much so that the unconventional is in danger of becoming a convention. Published ...
Adult foodies had "Julie & Julia" to make their mouths water in theaters this year. Hungry children have "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." Published ...
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