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[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] Shut Up and Play the Hits

After his music being featured in Antonio Campos' Simon Killer, and appearing with Tim Heidecker in The Comedy, LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy is back in...

[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...