Reviews
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Review: ‘Locke’ Reaches Out and Touches Someone
A24 Over a year ago we saw Steven Knight makes his directorial debut with Redemption. The acclaimed screenwriter behind Eastern Promises and Dirty Pretty Things…
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‘Virunga’ Review: A Shocking and Thrilling Film About Africa’s First National Park
Tribeca Film Festival Virunga National Park is a place like no other on earth. Its history, its biodiversity and its overwhelming beauty distinguish it from everywhere…
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‘The Other Woman’ Review: Leslie Mann Stands Alone In a Rather Shitty Affair
20th Century Fox Carly (Cameron Diaz) is a successful corporate lawyer who may have finally found “the one.” After eight weeks of dating she’s putting all…
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‘The Quiet Ones’ Review: Even Seventies Stylings Can’t Save This Standard Issue Haunter
Lionsgate Perhaps the most terrifying thing about The Quiet Ones is how blatantly the Hammer horror film rips off other, better features – in fact,…
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‘Young & Beautiful’ Review: An Erotic Confirmation of Director François Ozon’s Return to Form
IFC Films François Ozon is no longer an enfant terrible himself and so he has begun to write scripts about them instead. It’s the best…
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‘Finding Vivian Maier’ Review: A Photographer as Fascinating as Her Photos
Sundance Selects Laugh all you want at those people who scour the country for lots, lockers and storage containers to bid on in the hopes…
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‘Blue Ruin’ Review: Simply Devastating
Editor’s note: Our review of Blue Ruin originally ran during last year’s Fantastic Fest, but we’re re-posting it now as the film opens in limited…
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‘Point and Shoot’ Review: An Expertly Woven Compilation of an Almost Unbelievable Life
Tribeca Film Festival The ghost of Ernest Hemingway hovers over Marshall Curry’s new documentary, a profile of amateur filmmaker and revolutionary Matthew VanDyke. Or, rather, the…
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‘Boulevard’ Review: Robin Williams Mopes About a Droopy Character Study
Tribeca Film Festival Boulevard, the fifth feature from director Dito Montiel, is an intimate character study. As such, it is but one among many. At festivals,…