In Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths, a prune-faced, simian-mouthed sexagenarian sits by the road in an old suit and brown-patterned tie,…
In terms of looks, charisma, and talent, Rashida Jones should have been a star a long time ago. But in…
In terms of looks, charisma, and talent, Rashida Jones should have been a star a long time ago. But in…
What could be hotter than a bed-hopping bodice-ripper in which the movie hunk of the moment plows through three of…
Heidi Murkoff’s mega-bestselling mommy manual actually makes perfect sense as a vehicle for a contemporary Hollywood ensemble comedy. For an…
Back with his first film in 14 years, Whit Stillman still operates in a world of his own. With Damsels…
Infinitely better as a beer-goggled pitch than as a feature film, The FP never gets beyond the studied novelty of…
Updating Shakespeare seems doubly condescending, the implication being that we need help to relate to the text, and that the…
Alien to the street yet embedded within it, easy to read but impossible to decipher, the Toynbee Tiles are an…
Now this is a resume: dapper king of Miami soul, groove-master songwriter for the likes of Sam & Dave, rap…
Naturalistic without being ineloquent, heartfelt yet unsentimental, Weekend is the rarest of birds: a movie romance that rings true. After…
A fantasy about a temperamental, wand-wielding young man named Luke and the aphorism-uttering master who leads him to enlightenment, Seven…
Much as aspiring fiction writers should be prevented from reading Raymond Carver, young filmmakers should be strongly cautioned against putting…
Most sequels are born of good box office rather than good ideas—if you build it and they come, you simply…
Joe Wright’s Hanna is a tech-savvy fairy tale, replete with a wicked witch, uncertain parentage, and chop-socky mixed martial arts….
Based on a typically heart-wrenching case study by Oliver Sacks, this admirably modest adaptation tells the story of Gabriel Sawyer…
From a jaunty Spin Doctors–scored opening to a teary, Regina Spektor–cued finale, Love & Other Drugs will switch to any…
Seemingly designed to get every New York City honors student face-punched at college, this film chronicles a privileged Brooklyn high-schooler’s…
An expansive take on the world in miniature, Jessica Oreck’s documentary debut pursues all angles on a novel subject—the Japanese…
Not lacking for conviction or cojones, Alejandro Amenábar’s Agora is a big, broad, stridently atheistic sword-and-sandal entertainment that recounts a…
While Hollywood has belatedly cooled on snarky, loud-quiet-loud proto-Tarantino gangster comedies, our English-speaking brethren across the Atlantic remain steadfast, pumping…
Fifteen years after ushering in a new era of CGI animation, and 11 years after a colossally successful pre-millennial sequel,…
