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By Brian Miller, February 08, 2012
The movies are full of cautionary tales about drinking. From The Lost Weekend to Leaving Las Vegas to Young Adult, Hollywood's settled approach... More>>
Where to Drink at the Movies Where to Drink at the Movies
A local venue guide.
By Brian Miller, February 08, 2012
The Big Picture This comfy basement space beneath El Gaucho, with plush seating and several lounge areas, generally books first-run movies on its... More>>
Crazy Horse: Frederick Wiseman Stares at Leggy French Girls Crazy Horse: Frederick Wiseman Stares at Leggy French Girls
By Melissa Anderson, February 08, 2012
Recording the anthem "Les Filles du Crazy," half a dozen women—performers at the Crazy Horse, Paris' classy nudie cabaret—sing of... More>>
Man on a Mission: A Travel Movie From Space Man on a Mission: A Travel Movie From Space
By Nick Pinkerton, February 08, 2012
The man in the title is British-American multimillionaire Richard Garriott, who made his pile designing PC "virtual world" role-playing games,... More>>
Oscar-Nominated Shorts 2012: As Usual, the Cartoons Are Best Oscar-Nominated Shorts 2012: As Usual, the Cartoons Are Best
By Tim Grierson, February 08, 2012
This year's shorts offer a little something for every viewing temperament, though some categories require sitting through a lot of mediocre to... More>>
Pina: Wim Wenders' 3-D Tribute to Pina Bausch Pina: Wim Wenders' 3-D Tribute to Pina Bausch
By Melissa Anderson, February 08, 2012
"You just have to get crazier" are words of advice mighty choreographer Pina Bausch once gave one of her dancers, who fondly recalls the moment... More>>
SpokAnarchy!: Aging Punk Rockers Remember the '80s SpokAnarchy!: Aging Punk Rockers Remember the '80s
By Brian Miller, February 08, 2012
Aging punks were the recent subject of The Other F-Word (i.e. fatherhood), and aging punks are again the subject of this nostalgic documentary... More>>
W.E.: Madonna's Royal Folly W.E.: Madonna's Royal Folly
By Karina Longworth, February 08, 2012
W.E. is the second feature film credited to former MTV queen Madonna, and the second in about a year—after The King's Speech—to... More>>
Addiction Incorporated: The Evils of Big Tobacco Addiction Incorporated: The Evils of Big Tobacco
By Melissa Anderson, February 01, 2012
With a name that not even the PR team at Smokefree America could dream up, Victor DeNoble emerges as the hero of Charles Evans Jr.'s mostly... More>>
Coriolanus: Ralph Fiennes Bloodies Up the Bard Coriolanus: Ralph Fiennes Bloodies Up the Bard
By Eric Hynes, February 01, 2012
Updating Shakespeare seems doubly condescending, the implication being that we need help to relate to the text, and that the text needs to be... More>>
The Innkeepers: Guests Check In, but They Don't Check Out The Innkeepers: Guests Check In, but They Don't Check Out
By Nick Pinkerton, February 01, 2012
Horror movies are lately given to gluttonous effects, but director Ti West (The House of the Devil) is a rare minimalist. His latest takes place... More>>
Miss Minoes: An Adorable Dutch Cat Movie Miss Minoes: An Adorable Dutch Cat Movie
By Melissa Anderson, February 01, 2012
More delightful than Procatinator and a greater tribute to the power of print journalism than Page One: Inside the New York Times, Miss Minoes... More>>
The Nine Muses: Snow, More Snow, and English Immigration Woes The Nine Muses: Snow, More Snow, and English Immigration Woes
By Brian Miller, February 01, 2012
Richard Burton lives! An arthouse mashup of The Odyssey and England's colonial immigration wave following World War II, The Nine Muses samples... More>>
A Separation: The Oscar-Nominated Iranian Divorce Drama A Separation: The Oscar-Nominated Iranian Divorce Drama
By J. Hoberman, February 01, 2012
Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi's fifth feature is an urgently shot courtroom drama designed to put you in the jury box. It opens at a... More>>
Albert Nobbs: Glenn Close Gets Her Oscar Nomination Albert Nobbs: Glenn Close Gets Her Oscar Nomination
By Melissa Anderson, January 25, 2012
Fulfilling a mission that has consumed her for almost two decades, Glenn Close—as producer, co-writer, and lead—brings to the screen... More>>
The Conquest: The Not-Quite-True Story of Nicolas Sarkozy The Conquest: The Not-Quite-True Story of Nicolas Sarkozy
By Melissa Anderson, January 25, 2012
A brisk, fascinating chronicle of a pre–Carla Bruni Nicolas Sarkozy that time-shifts from May 6, 2007—the day he was both elected... More>>
The Grey: Liam Neeson Versus the Wolves The Grey: Liam Neeson Versus the Wolves
By Brian Miller, January 25, 2012
I was told there would be more wolf-punching. If you crash Liam Neeson and six disposable buddies in the frozen Alaskan wilderness, there is the... More>>
How the Fire Fell: A Jesus Cult in Oregon How the Fire Fell: A Jesus Cult in Oregon
By Brian Miller, January 25, 2012
"Inspired by true events" in the early 1900s, as this somber Portland indie declares, How the Fire Fell begins with an itinerant preacher (Joe... More>>
Man on a Ledge: Just Jump Already! Man on a Ledge: Just Jump Already!
By Brian Miller, January 25, 2012
The hero of this red-herring heist flick draws two reactions from the throng beneath his 21st-floor perch on a Manhattan hotel. The first is the... More>>
Margaret: Kenneth Lonergan's Long-Delayed Teen Drama Margaret: Kenneth Lonergan's Long-Delayed Teen Drama
By Karina Longworth, January 25, 2012
Shot in 2005—lead actress Anna Paquin, now 29, credibly plays a 17-year-old—Margaret was delayed first by the editing-room angst of... More>>
Norwegian Wood: Not the Murakami Adaptation You Want Norwegian Wood: Not the Murakami Adaptation You Want
By Mark Holcomb, January 25, 2012
Director/screenwriter Tran Anh Hung crams Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood into two and a half hours that offer barely a hint of the beloved 1987... More>>
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: Oscar-Trolling 9/11 Kitsch Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: Oscar-Trolling 9/11 Kitsch
By Nick Pinkerton, January 18, 2012
Director Stephen Daldry has never met a Big Theme he didn't like: After 2002's The Hours, a lugubrious women's-problem picture touching on AIDS... More>>
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos: Saving a Nation From a Trash-Filled Canyon Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos: Saving a Nation From a Trash-Filled Canyon
By Brian Miller, January 18, 2012
Winner of the award for Wordiest Title of the Month, this Japanese anime also features a very long and confusing plot, extracted from the... More>>
Haywire: Soderbergh's MMA Sex Comedy Haywire: Soderbergh's MMA Sex Comedy
By Nick Pinkerton, January 18, 2012
Haywire's plot is boilerplate triple-cross, cloak-and-dagger stuff—but the action choreography by director Steven Soderbergh and MMA... More>>
Miss Representation: The Mass Media Objectify Women--What Else Is New? Miss Representation: The Mass Media Objectify Women--What Else Is New?
By Brian Miller, January 18, 2012
If you have a 13-year-old daughter who's hitherto been raised a) as a fundamentalist Christian, b) as a staunch Republican, or c) on a diet of... More>>
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  1. Chronicle (2012/ I), 22.0 mil, 22.0 mil
  2. The Woman in Black, 20.9 mil, 20.9 mil
  3. The Grey, 9.3 mil, 34.6 mil
  4. Big Miracle, 7.8 mil, 7.8 mil
  5. Underworld: Awakening, 5.5 mil, 54.2 mil
  6. One for the Money, 5.2 mil, 19.6 mil
  7. Red Tails, 4.7 mil, 41.1 mil
  8. The Descendants, 4.6 mil, 65.5 mil
  9. Man on a Ledge, 4.4 mil, 14.6 mil
  10. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, 3.8 mil, 26.7 mil
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