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[Review] Snow White and the Huntsman

What happens when a fairy tale depicting an innocent princess saved by a litany of characters on her way to the crown turns into an epic battle with a heroine i...

[Review] Oslo, August 31st

Anders (Anders Danielsen Lie) marches through the forest, his famished-looking frame shrouded by the brittle branches imposing his personal space. As he approac...

[Review] Polisse

It seems odd that there should be anything left to be said in a movie about cops. It seems as though the cinematic landscape has been saturated by police office...

The Best of Cannes Film Festival 2012

This year's Cannes Film Festival was a flurry of cinematic diversity. From super serious art-house films to the lighter fare that Hollywood is more akin to,...

[Cannes Review] Post Tenebras Lux

In Carlos Reygadas' Post Tenebras Lux, a Latin phrase which translates roughly to "light after darkness," the Mexican filmmaker continues to channel his tradema...

[Cannes Review] Mud

Still exploring the working class American south with a heavy dose of mythical storytelling, only this time with a much broader brush, Jeff Nichols' tries at ma...

[Cannes Review] Me and You

Though he's a filmmaker who has painted on a large tapestry, both literally and figuratively, Bernardo Bertolucci's new film Me and You is decidedly smaller in ...

[Cannes Review] The Angels’ Share

British filmmaker Ken Loach has been around for nearly half a century, starting as a television director in England before his first feature, Poor Cow, starring...

[Cannes Review] Cosmopolis

In David Cronenberg's adaptation of Cosmopolis, a novel by post modern author Don DeLillo, the Canadian filmmaker tackles a dense criticism of capitalism, greed...

[Cannes Review] The Paperboy

Operating on a level of ridiculousness so high it suggests possible intention, Lee Daniels' The Paperboy is trash pile packed high, high and higher still. Adapt...