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PICK Public Enemies: Johnny Depp as Movie-Mad Hoodlum

"They're all about where people come from. Nobody seems to wonder where somebody's going." So says the Depression-era bank-robber-cum-folk-hero... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: July 01, 2009

PICK Captain Abu Raed: A Gentle Fable From Jordan

Abu Raed (Nadim Sawalha) is an elderly widower who works as a janitor at the international airport in Amman, Jordan. He's well-read,... More>>

By F.X. Feeney

Published: July 01, 2009

Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone: C’mon, Dad, Give Me the Giant Battle-Bot!

It's every 14-year-old boy's dream: You get to command a giant, Transformers-style battle-bot against colossal enemy robots, while Tokyo crumbles... More>>

By Brian Miller

Published: July 01, 2009

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: The Animated Series Is Past Its Sell-By Date

Though hardly landmarks of narrative or animation art, the first two Ice Ages were warm and goofy and appealing; John Leguizamo's adorably... More>>

By Ella Taylor

Published: July 01, 2009

PICK Moon: A Sci-Fi Favorite From SIFF Returns to Local Orbit

Blame it on George Lucas, but sci-fi today usually means the space Western: interstellar chases, ray-gun shootouts, weird lurking monsters, and... More>>

By Brian Miller

Published: July 01, 2009

Whatever Works: No, Woody, It Doesn’t

Woody Allen's first New York movie after five years abroad, Whatever Works is his first in even longer to center on the Woody Allen... More>>

By J. Hoberman

Published: July 01, 2009

Adoration: Atom Egoyan Is Still Smart, Confounding

Atom Egoyan's 12th feature film offers a typically kaleidoscopic rumination on voyeurism, videography, the relative nature of truth, and the... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: June 24, 2009

Chéri: Michelle Pfeiffer Runs Afoul of French Literature

"For the first time in my life, I felt morally certain of having written a novel for which I need neither blush nor doubt," Colette said of... More>>

By Melissa Anderson

Published: June 24, 2009

PICK Munyurangabo: Drama in Rwanda, Made on Location

A heaviness—call it lived-in shellshock—hangs over the green Rwandan hills in Lee Isaac Chung's serious-minded, immersive debut.... More>>

By Nicolas Rapold

Published: June 24, 2009

My Sister’s Keeper: Cameron Diaz, Meet Jodi Picoult

Eleven-year-old Anna Fitzgerald's parents didn't just plan for her—they customized her in utero, with the specific end of providing spare... More>>

By Nick Pinkerton

Published: June 24, 2009

PICK Nollywood Babylon: Filmmaking on the Streets of Lagos

Nigeria has, according to this brisk, low-to-the-ground documentary, the third-largest film industry in the world after the U.S. and India... More>>

By Brian Miller

Published: June 24, 2009

PICK Treeless Mountain: An American Indie Shot in South Korea

Kid performers naturally introduce elements of magic and mystery into the most banal situations. They are most resonant, however, when their... More>>

By J. Hoberman

Published: June 24, 2009

PICK Tulpan: A Minimalist Marvel From Kazakhstan

The first feature by Russian ethno-documentarian Sergei Dvortsevoy is a fiction founded on a powerful sense of place—and that place, namely... More>>

By J. Hoberman

Published: June 24, 2009

PICK Tetro: Francis Ford Coppola’s Imaginary Family History

As this baroque genealogical melodrama reaches its appropriately hysterical denouement, Vincent Gallo fixes his pale gaze on young co-star Alden... More>>

By J. Hoberman

Published: June 17, 2009

PICK Easy Virtue: Jessica Biel Actually Charms Us

Quick! Noël Coward—sage or supercilious bitch? No matter where you stand, Stephan Elliott's deliciously cheeky screen adaptation of... More>>

By Ella Taylor

Published: June 17, 2009

Every Little Step: The Origins of A Chorus Line

In 1974, 18 years before MTV first assembled a group of comically mismatched 20-somethings and videotaped them being real, the choreographer... More>>

By Jesse Oxfeld

Published: June 17, 2009

Food, Inc.: Michael Pollan Tells Us How to Eat

Didn't Eric Schlosser already get his movie made? And along with Fast Food Nation, haven't we already seen Super Size Me? And Our Daily Bread and... More>>

By Brian Miller

Published: June 17, 2009

The Last International Playboy: Peter Pan as Serial Dater

Starting like Girls Gone Wild and finishing more like Jay McInerney, this indie tale of a rake's progress is considerably sweeter than the... More>>

By Brian Miller

Published: June 17, 2009

The Merry Gentleman: Michael Keaton’s Not-Awful Try at Directing

Part of the likeable routine Michael Keaton brought to his roles in the '80s was patter—sometimes manic, sometimes balky. In The Merry... More>>

By Nicolas Rapold

Published: June 17, 2009

PICK O’Horten: An Endearing Oddball From Norway

The premise of this gentle existential farce from Norwegian director Bent Hamer is little more than an excuse for a series of deadpan vignettes... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: June 17, 2009

The Proposal: Sandra Bullock Gets Caught in the Rom-Com Grinder

Starring Sandra Bullock as the publishing-house boss who blackmails her assistant, played by Ryan Reynolds, into marrying her lest she face... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: June 17, 2009

SIFF Week 4: Picks and Pans

Wednesday, June 107 p.m., Harvard ExitThe FortressOne of several films about illegal immigrants in Europe at SIFF this year (see also Welcome and... More>>

Published: June 10, 2009

Away We Go: Dave Eggers’ Movie Not a Work of Staggering Genius

The first original screenplay by hipster lit-world phenom Dave Eggers is, much like his 2001 memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, a... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: June 10, 2009

Imagine That: Eddie Murphy Taps Into the Parent Market

Eddie Murphy is Evan, a Denver investment consultant with a workaholic schedule that leaves little space for 7-year-old daughter Olivia (Yara... More>>

By Nick Pinkerton

Published: June 10, 2009

In a Dream: Obscure Artist Gets Lost in Process

"I'm fascinated by giganticness," reveals Santa-bearded mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar, whose compulsive, nearly half-century-long mission to create... More>>

By Aaron Hillis

Published: June 10, 2009