Reviews
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‘The Imitation Game’ Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Makes Anything Possible
The Weinstein Company “Pay attention,” Alan Turing implores to a dazed police officer (and, quite frankly, to a likely dazed audience, who don’t understand why…
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‘The Skeleton Twins’ Review: An Unfortunately Average Dramedy
Roadside Attractions The Skeleton Twins is the kind of movie that you can watch and know, with 100% certainty, that it premiered at Sundance. It…
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‘Tales of the Grim Sleeper’ Review: A Powerful Film About a Serial Killer You’ve Never Heard Of
Image courtesy of Barney Broomfield I used to offer a disclaimer when recommending Nick Broomfield documentaries, noting that I believe him to be a genius…
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‘Nightcrawler’ Review: Skeevy, Sleazy Jake Gyllenhaal Is the Best Jake Gyllenhaal
Open Road Films Someone will diagnose Louis Bloom soon enough, perhaps earmarking him as a straightforward sociopath, or pointing to certain tendencies that smack of Asperger’s…
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‘While We’re Young’ Review: Noah Baumbach’s Most Mainstream Work Is Also His Most Charming
Scott Rudin Productions Adulthood is not the answer. Director Noah Baumbach has long played with characters who exhibit little interest or ability to just plain…
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‘The Equalizer’ Review: Gosh, Denzel Washington Is Good at Killing People
Sony Pictures Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer would like you to believe that it’s a different kind of action film – specifically, a different kind of…
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‘Force Majeure’ Review: Fantastically Funny Swedish Dramedy Is Meant to Be Reckoned With
Finely observed, uproariously funny, wickedly wise, remarkably relatable, with a big avalanche sequence to boot. Here’s our review of Force Majeure.
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‘The Humbling’ Review: A Witless Adaptation Crippled By Poor Performances
Millennium Films Simon Axler (Al Pacino) is prone to theatrics, and while it would be easy to blame his life-long career as a reasonably well-regarded…
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‘Bird People’ Review: Learning To Fly, But It Ain’t Got Wings
by Sam Fragoso IFC Films Bird People is a series of misconnections. After a blissful prologue paying homage to Wings of Desire, Pascale Ferran’s fourth feature…