Rereading Atonement last weekend, my first thought was: I hope to God that Joe Wright—whose broadly grinning Pride & Prejudice…
There’s no problem with the premise of lionizing an eccentric D-list actor such as Charles Nelson Reilly through an…
No fan of the “tweedy medievalist” C.S. Lewis, avowed atheist and novelist Philip Pullman set out to dissemble much…
For any high-fivin’ “Movies for Guys Who Like Movies” bros hoping for the Guy Ritchie of yore, Revolver disappoints….
Usually the phrase “based on the popular Japanese comic book” means you can expect saucer-eyed cherubs or bullet-breasted ninja…
Jonathan Demme, who directed Tom Hanks to an Oscar as the AIDS-afflicted lawyer in Philadelphia, may be the most…
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Although this doc was directed by Rob VanAlkemade, it bears the unmistakable imprimatur of its producer, Morgan Spurlock. Much like…
Shot concurrently with a “raising awareness” documentary on child prostitution in Southeast Asia (by the tellingly named Priority Films), Holly…
After staggering out of Inland Empire like a mole groping toward sunlight, you could be forgiven for thinking that there…
In a just world, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix’s documentary wouldn’t exist—at least not in this fashion. The rebel group…
“Treat your food like you would your eyesight” advises Edward Espe Brown, Zen priest and cook, repeating the words of…
A Masterful, Multifaceted Portrait of Dylan.
This immersion in sibling malice and simmering resentment, with one of the most infuriating characters in recent movies holding us…
As one of what novelist Stephen King calls his Constant Readers, I was jazzed when word came that filmmaker Frank…
The premise had promise: Characters from a “vintage” Disney movie suddenly find themselves thrust into our world. But somewhere between…
Tyler Perry is going to wind up with a monopoly on mainstream adult dramas marketed to African-American audiences if quality…
Richard Kelly shoots the moon with his rich, strange, and very funny sci-fi social satire. The political phantasmagoria unfolds in…
Easily the worst adaptation of a major novel by a Nobel Prize–winning author. Easily. Director Mike Newell (Harry Potter and…
Writer-director Zach Helm’s amiable but nerveless kids’ movie about a 243-year-old toy-store owner (Dustin Hoffman in shell-shocked hair, a purple…
