With the Oscar-prognostication season in full swing, most people's eyes are feasted on the December heavyweights that will soon be theatrically unveiled -- ...
At the time of Osama bin Laden's death in May of 2011, the writing-directing team of Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal -- the Oscar-winning duo behind The Hurt ...
After Richard Ayoade's acclaimed directorial debut Submarine hit theaters last year, his sophomore follow-up, The Double -- a loose-looking adaptation of Fy...
Cloud Atlas -- that bold, uneven David Mitchell adaptation co-directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, and Lana Wachowski -- has proved to be one of the year...
In the opening scene of Robert Zemeckis’ Flight — a very promising return to live-action form for the guy who, since Cast Away, has spent a lot of time playing ...
Julia Loktev's The Loneliest Planet, which began its limited theatrical release this Friday -- and which I reviewed, very favorably, right here -- is one of...
Julia Loktev's The Loneliest Planet, an invasive, thoroughly haunting anatomy of the vibrant bond between an engaged American couple, begins harmlessly enough. ...
Miguel Gomes's Tabu, one of the year's true incarnations of movie magic, is an irresistible tailspin into a world that covers everything from an old woman's gam...
In an ironic way, Not Fade Away is perhaps most interesting when it's explicitly referencing the small-screen roots of its writer-director, Sopranos honcho Davi...
Life of Pi, Ang Lee's gallant, visually overwhelming adaptation of Yann Martel's bestseller, takes a little while to get going. The animals-are-precious opening...