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  • We Need to Talk About Kevin

    By Karina Longworth

    In We Need to Talk About Kevin, Tilda Swinton lives out an urban bohemian's worst nightmare. Forced to give up her independence (and downtown... More >>

  • Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

    By Melissa Anderson

    Journey 2: The Mysterious Island continues the weak Jules Verne-inspired adventures of 2008's Journey to the Center of the Earth. The production... More >>

  • The Conquest

    By Melissa Anderson

    The Conquest is a brisk, fascinating chronicle of Nicolas Sarkozy. It time-shifts from May 6, 2007— the day he was both elected president... More >>

  • Sundance 2012

    By Karina Longworth

    There's no question that the 2012 edition of the Sundance Film Festival was stuffed with films in some way touched by the psychological and... More >>

  • The Hedgehog

    By Melissa Anderson

    This film follows two parallel story lines: one featuring a thoroughly insufferable little girl, the other a pleasingly grumpy middle-aged widow.... More >>

  • Chronicle

    By Aaron Hillis

    Written by Max "Son of John" Landis, Chronicle playfully transcends its "Cloverfield meets Heroes" pitch. Brimming with passive anger over his... More >>

  • Man on a Ledge

    By Brian Miller

    The hero of the red-herring heist flick Man on a Ledge draws two reactions from the Manhattan throng beneath his 21st-floor perch on a midtown... More >>

  • Albert Nobbs

    By Melissa Anderson

    Fulfilling a mission that has consumed her for almost two decades, Glenn Close — as producer, cowriter, and lead — brings to the... More >>

  • The Grey

    By Brian Miller

    If you crash Liam Neeson and six disposable buddies in the frozen Alaskan wilderness, there is the expectation — nay, the requirement... More >>

  • Paul Goodman Changed My Life

    By Mark Holcomb

    As bluntly humanist and free-ranging as its subject, this brisk take on the life of poet, sociologist, educator, psychologist, and general... More >>

  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close not only has serious lit pedigree, based as it is on the sophomore novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, but also... More >>

  • Contraband

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Will there someday be a movie where the “one last job” goes off without a hitch? Not Contraband, anyway, which begins with that... More >>

  • The Iron Lady

    By Karina Longworth

    In the first scene of The Iron Lady, 80-something Margaret Thatcher is presented as a little old lady unfit for the fast-moving world outside her... More >>

  • Joyful Noise

    By Melissa Anderson

    A holy hot mess of the sacred and the inane, Joyful Noise, about a gospel choir in Pacashau, Georgia, is Jesus for Gleeks. Less Bible-thumping... More >>

  • Carnage

    By Karina Longworth

    In Carnage posh pair Alan and Nancy (Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet) come to the home of wholesaler Michael (John C. Reilly) and crunchy author... More >>

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Tilda Swinton and Her Problem Child in "We Need to Talk About Kevin" Tilda Swinton and Her Problem Child in "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
By Karina Longworth

In We Need to Talk About Kevin, Tilda Swinton lives out an urban bohemian's worst nightmare. Forced to give up her independence (and downtown loft) when a reckless night with… More >>

"Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" Continues the Weak Jules Verne-Inspired Adventures of 2008's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" Continues the Weak Jules Verne-Inspired Adventures of 2008's "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
By Melissa Anderson

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island continues the weak Jules Verne-inspired adventures of 2008's Journey to the Center of the Earth. The production design appears inspired by Yes album covers and… More >>

Nicolas Sarkozy Wins the Republic but Loses His Wife in "The Conquest" Nicolas Sarkozy Wins the Republic but Loses His Wife in "The Conquest"
By Melissa Anderson

The Conquest is a brisk, fascinating chronicle of Nicolas Sarkozy. It time-shifts from May 6, 2007— the day he was both elected president of France and left by his second… More >>

Sundance 2012: Thick With the Anxieties of Our Times Sundance 2012: Thick With the Anxieties of Our Times
By Karina Longworth

There's no question that the 2012 edition of the Sundance Film Festival was stuffed with films in some way touched by the psychological and practical fallout of economic crisis. It was… More >>

More Precociousness Than a Camcorder Can Handle in "The Hedgehog" More Precociousness Than a Camcorder Can Handle in "The Hedgehog"
By Melissa Anderson

This film follows two parallel story lines: one featuring a thoroughly insufferable little girl, the other a pleasingly grumpy middle-aged widow. Scrawny, bespectacled, precocious 11-year-old Paloma (Garance Le Guillermic), disgusted… More >>

Bromance Explodes in Sinister, Surprising, Seamlessly CGI-Enhanced Ways in "Chronicle" Bromance Explodes in Sinister, Surprising, Seamlessly CGI-Enhanced Ways in "Chronicle"
By Aaron Hillis

Written by Max "Son of John" Landis, Chronicle playfully transcends its "Cloverfield meets Heroes" pitch. Brimming with passive anger over his mother's terminal illness and his father's drunken abuse, Seattle… More >>

"Man on a Ledge" Goes Thud With Wrong-Man Thriller Schtick "Man on a Ledge" Goes Thud With Wrong-Man Thriller Schtick
By Brian Miller

The hero of the red-herring heist flick Man on a Ledge draws two reactions from the Manhattan throng beneath his 21st-floor perch on a midtown hotel. The first, of course,… More >>

"Albert Nobbs" Suffers From Glenn Close's Unmoving Prosthetics "Albert Nobbs" Suffers From Glenn Close's Unmoving Prosthetics
By Melissa Anderson

Fulfilling a mission that has consumed her for almost two decades, Glenn Close — as producer, cowriter, and lead — brings to the screen the titular character, a woman who… More >>

"The Grey" Could Be Better, if Only Liam Neeson Punched More Wolves in the Face "The Grey" Could Be Better, if Only Liam Neeson Punched More Wolves in the Face
By Brian Miller

If you crash Liam Neeson and six disposable buddies in the frozen Alaskan wilderness, there is the expectation — nay, the requirement — that Neeson punch as many wolves as… More >>

"Paul Goodman Changed My Life" Gives a Voice to a Largely Forgotten Social Critic "Paul Goodman Changed My Life" Gives a Voice to a Largely Forgotten Social Critic
By Mark Holcomb

As bluntly humanist and free-ranging as its subject, this brisk take on the life of poet, sociologist, educator, psychologist, and general pain-in-the-ass gadfly Paul Goodman is as much endangered-species doc… More >>


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