Reviews

[Review] Safe House

In which we learn, if you're a C.I.A. operative who's captured a world-class baddie, whatever you do, do not got to a safe house. In Safe House, directed by Dan...

[Review] The Turin Horse

The opening event of Béla Tarr's The Turin Horse may, perhaps, set up false expectations for many a viewer -- set over a pitch-black screen, a coarse-graine...

[Review] Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

After making a boatload of money—that's the equivalent to one hundred millions dollars if you didn't know—Journey to the Center of the Earth was almost guar...

[Review] Return

War is hell. This is a truism that is almost universally accepted and evinced by all pieces of serious-minded cinema and art in general. The other side of th...

[Review] The Woman in Black

The world needs more horror films like The Woman in Black. Not only is the film's love for old-fashioned storytelling amiss in countless modern genre ventures, ...

[Review] Chronicle

Despite a varied critical reaction, "found-footage" has proven successful as a subset of cinema, with its allowance of cheap production design and minimal effec...

[Review] Big Miracle

Overly long and overly repetitive, Big Miracle, directed by Ken Kwapis, is nothing if not straight from the heart. Or at least aiming to be. After all, everybod...

[Sundance Review] The Queen of Versailles

The opening night film of this year’s Sundance immediately drew both controversy and publicity because one of its subjects decided to sue both the filmmaker and...

[Sundance Review] Kid-Thing

The Austin based Zellner brothers are known for their particular brand of off-beat dead-pan humor and eccentric worldview. With their new film Kid-Thing the duo...