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Film Review: I Galantuomini
Sound festival fare, this would-be weeper will have better chances at broader arthouse releases if marketed as a love rather than crime story.
Sound festival fare, this would-be weeper will have better chances at broader arthouse releases if marketed as a love rather than crime story.
Film Review: Disgrace
The white rule is over in South Africa and blacks give vent to their anger and frustration over the long virtual slavery they have had to endure. It is this transition that Steve Jacobs captures in this film.
The white rule is over in South Africa and blacks give vent to their anger and frustration over the long virtual slavery they have had to endure. It is this transition that Steve Jacobs captures in this film.
Film Review: Punisher: War Zone
Falling somewhere in terms of effectiveness between the supremely cheesy Dolph Lundgren starrer and the more ambitious 2004 version, this film is so unrelentingly violent that all but teen boys might as well stay home.
Falling somewhere in terms of effectiveness between the supremely cheesy Dolph Lundgren starrer and the more ambitious 2004 version, this film is so unrelentingly violent that all but teen boys might as well stay home.
Film Review: House
It's rare that the producers of a horror film object to an R rating, but that is the stance expressed by the makers of this film.
It's rare that the producers of a horror film object to an R rating, but that is the stance expressed by the makers of this film.
Film Review: Cadillac Records
Writer-director Darnell Martin has assembled a stellar cast to impersonate these artists both as characters and musicians.
Writer-director Darnell Martin has assembled a stellar cast to impersonate these artists both as characters and musicians.
Film Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Superbly made and winningly acted by Brad Pitt in his most impressive outing to date, the audience for this Paramount/Warner Bros. co-production is large. Strong boxoffice should ensue.
Superbly made and winningly acted by Brad Pitt in his most impressive outing to date, the audience for this Paramount/Warner Bros. co-production is large. Strong boxoffice should ensue.
Film Review: A Year Ago in Winter
Painting and poetry, music and melancholy breathe out of the frames in a smoothly crafted work that describes and dissects the angst of a Bavarian family.
Painting and poetry, music and melancholy breathe out of the frames in a smoothly crafted work that describes and dissects the angst of a Bavarian family.
Film Review: For A Moment, Freedom
The perils of a filmmaker being much too close to his material are amply illustrated in this film, Arash T Riahi's earnestly autobiographical tale about the plight of Iranian refugees fleeing via Turkey to Europe.
The perils of a filmmaker being much too close to his material are amply illustrated in this film, Arash T Riahi's earnestly autobiographical tale about the plight of Iranian refugees fleeing via Turkey to Europe.
Film Review: March
The downbeat slow-burner (based on a true case) will pop up on the circuit over the coming months, but commercial prospects are dim.
The downbeat slow-burner (based on a true case) will pop up on the circuit over the coming months, but commercial prospects are dim.
Film Review: Four Christmases
Bad enough to create one of the most joyless Christmas movies ever, but then to go for an unearned feel-good ending adds insult to injury.
Bad enough to create one of the most joyless Christmas movies ever, but then to go for an unearned feel-good ending adds insult to injury.
Film Review: A Week Alone
A low-key study of childhood, lax parenting and the state of class-relations in modern-day Argentina, this film covers a surprising amount of ground for what's such an unassuming affair.
A low-key study of childhood, lax parenting and the state of class-relations in modern-day Argentina, this film covers a surprising amount of ground for what's such an unassuming affair.
Film Review: Australia
With his audaciously titled epic "Australia," Baz Luhrmann has delivered a shamelessly melodramatic, often eccentric spectacle with true-blue blockbuster potential.
With his audaciously titled epic "Australia," Baz Luhrmann has delivered a shamelessly melodramatic, often eccentric spectacle with true-blue blockbuster potential.
Film Review: Twilight
Its success is predetermined, but couldn't director Catherine Hardwicke have taken enough care to make a film that doesn't talk down to young people?
Its success is predetermined, but couldn't director Catherine Hardwicke have taken enough care to make a film that doesn't talk down to young people?
Film Review: Transporter 3
Jason Statham returns for a third go-round as mercenary courier Frank Martin in creator Luc Besson's lucrative series, but this time he's firing blanks.
Jason Statham returns for a third go-round as mercenary courier Frank Martin in creator Luc Besson's lucrative series, but this time he's firing blanks.
Film Review: The Girl in the Park
A little stiff, a little stagy, it has been scripted rather unintelligently. Though well pace, the film is often unbelievable, its cast seemingly wasted on a story that is not even novel.
A little stiff, a little stagy, it has been scripted rather unintelligently. Though well pace, the film is often unbelievable, its cast seemingly wasted on a story that is not even novel.
Film Review: The World We Want
What appears to be another routine, feel-good, youth-oriented doc morphs into a motivational how-to for young activists as it gains momentum and impact.
What appears to be another routine, feel-good, youth-oriented doc morphs into a motivational how-to for young activists as it gains momentum and impact.
Film Review: The Inheritors
Four years after his shattering debut "Tropic of Cancer," photographer-turned-director Eugenio Polgovsky returns with another tough, rewarding glimpse into northern Mexico's hard-scrabble realities with this film.
Four years after his shattering debut "Tropic of Cancer," photographer-turned-director Eugenio Polgovsky returns with another tough, rewarding glimpse into northern Mexico's hard-scrabble realities with this film.
Film Review: The Beaches of Agnes
It's surprisingly rare for directors to make retrospective documentaries on their own artistic careers, but if Agnes Varda's film is any guide, more should consider doing so.
It's surprisingly rare for directors to make retrospective documentaries on their own artistic careers, but if Agnes Varda's film is any guide, more should consider doing so.
Film Review: Revolutionary Road
The initial audience for this pungent critique of the soul-damaging, ball-busting desolation of the American suburbs of the postwar era might be large.
The initial audience for this pungent critique of the soul-damaging, ball-busting desolation of the American suburbs of the postwar era might be large.
Film Review: Antarctica
This new Israeli sex romp is a better advertisement for the country than a tourist bureau could provide -- at least for gay travelers.
This new Israeli sex romp is a better advertisement for the country than a tourist bureau could provide -- at least for gay travelers.
Film Review: Bolt
Those Beverly Hills Chihuahuas might have run their course, but a Hollywood White Shepherd efficiently marks his territory in this film, an animated adventure about a canine action hero who's inadvertently shipped from his studio to the East Coast.
Those Beverly Hills Chihuahuas might have run their course, but a Hollywood White Shepherd efficiently marks his territory in this film, an animated adventure about a canine action hero who's inadvertently shipped from his studio to the East Coast.
Film Review: Last Chance Harvey
Imagine Paddy Chayefsky's "Marty" saddled with more sentimentality and sprinkled with a few more laughs and you pretty much have "Last Chance Harvey."
Imagine Paddy Chayefsky's "Marty" saddled with more sentimentality and sprinkled with a few more laughs and you pretty much have "Last Chance Harvey."
Film Review: Doubt
This film tackles the subject of pedophilia and paranoia in the Catholic Church in a subversive and perhaps even an unfair manner.
This film tackles the subject of pedophilia and paranoia in the Catholic Church in a subversive and perhaps even an unfair manner.
Film Review: Soul Men
This contemporary riff on "The Sunshine Boys" generally manages to succeed, thanks to the entertaining performances by Bernie Mac and co-star Samuel L. Jackson and its generous doses of raucous humor and sweet soul music.
This contemporary riff on "The Sunshine Boys" generally manages to succeed, thanks to the entertaining performances by Bernie Mac and co-star Samuel L. Jackson and its generous doses of raucous humor and sweet soul music.
Film Review: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
The pleasant but far-from-pioneering crew of the cheerful 2005 DreamWorks animated film "Madagascar" reunite with similar results.
The pleasant but far-from-pioneering crew of the cheerful 2005 DreamWorks animated film "Madagascar" reunite with similar results.
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