Arts & Culture
Some movies want to wear you down—an approach that seems logical for,
Some movies want to wear you down—an approach that seems logical for, say, a World War II tank…
Arts & Culture
Tough call if you’re a movie marketer: Do you sell The Duke
Tough call if you’re a movie marketer: Do you sell The Duke of Burgundy as a story of…
Arts & Culture
Movies about moviemaking don’t come much drier than this new one from
Movies about moviemaking don’t come much drier than this new one from Romania. It has the usual elements…
Arts & Culture
There is only one situation in Two Days, One Night—no subplots, no
There is only one situation in Two Days, One Night—no subplots, no vast canvas. But filmmaking brothers Jean-Pierre…
Arts & Culture
People who don’t like musicals always fall back on the Realism Argument,
People who don’t like musicals always fall back on the Realism Argument, contending that in real life we…
Arts & Culture
In the wintry air of A Most Violent Year, a would-be business
In the wintry air of A Most Violent Year, a would-be business magnate named Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac)…
Arts & Culture
Because Desiree Akhavan has been cast in a recurring role on the
Because Desiree Akhavan has been cast in a recurring role on the new season of Girls, her visibility…
Arts & Culture
There was a time when American Sniper would’ve been an ideal Oliver
There was a time when American Sniper would’ve been an ideal Oliver Stone project—a story of the battlefield…
Arts & Culture
The most suspenseful scene in Ava DuVernay’s Selma does not depict the
The most suspenseful scene in Ava DuVernay’s Selma does not depict the dramatic 1965 march from Selma to…
Arts & Culture
Whatever else it achieves in offering observations about friendship and love in
Whatever else it achieves in offering observations about friendship and love in the modern age, Life Partners is…
Arts & Culture
It sounds like something that fell from a branch of the Tarantino
It sounds like something that fell from a branch of the Tarantino tree: Surely a movie promoting itself…
Arts & Culture
The rustic hotel at the heart of Winter Sleep is a strikingly
The rustic hotel at the heart of Winter Sleep is a strikingly unfamiliar place: Located somewhere in Turkey’s…
Arts & Culture
The first minutes of Rocks in My Pockets unfold in standard-issue animation
The first minutes of Rocks in My Pockets unfold in standard-issue animation of the European variety: cutesy (yet…
Film
Writing a year-end movie wrap-up is a useful way of acknowledging quality,
Writing a year-end movie wrap-up is a useful way of acknowledging quality, but it’s also a handy method…
Film
Movie stars come from the unlikeliest places. Take the case of one
Movie stars come from the unlikeliest places. Take the case of one Mark Wahlberg, for example. In youth,…
Film
The crucial masterstroke of Into the Woods is that the fairy-tale happy
The crucial masterstroke of Into the Woods is that the fairy-tale happy ending comes halfway through the action.…
Film
The Imitation Game proves that a ripping true story can survive even
The Imitation Game proves that a ripping true story can survive even the Oscar-bait effect. This is a…
Arts & Culture
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Opens Wed., Dec. 17
The Hobbit:
The Battle of the Five Armies Opens Wed., Dec. 17 at Cinerama and other theaters. Rated…
Arts & Culture
Elsa & Fred Opens Fri., Dec. 19 at Sundance Cinemas. Rated PG-13.
Elsa & Fred Opens Fri., Dec. 19 at Sundance Cinemas. Rated PG-13. 97 minutes. Fifty years ago Shirley…
Arts & Culture
Annie Opens Fri., Dec. 19 at Meridian and other theaters. Rated
Annie Opens Fri., Dec. 19 at Meridian and
other theaters. Rated PG. 119 minutes. Musical-theater purists can be…