Of all the adjectives to describe a movie, “well-intentioned” is among the least scintillating and most wearying.…
One of the constant accolades Pixar receives about its movies is that they’re not made just for kids. This is meant…
Sylvester Stallone’s recent sit-down with Robert Rodriguez for
The Director’s Chair made a pretty compelling case…
In director Todd Haynes’ films, characters have to learn how to live in worlds that don’t suit them. In Safe, Far…
A lot of comics have a shtick, and the trick is to give it enough flexibility so that it can be twisted and reshaped…
About seven months after Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston got married, The Onion ran the brilliant headline “Brad Pitt…
Back in 1997, when L.A. Weekly critic Manohla Dargis gave a negative review to The Lost World, the hotly-anticipated…
Inspirational true stories trumpet lots of commendable human traits—heroism, perseverance, compassion—but Spotlight…
There are two very understandable reasons why people hate Gaspar Noé’s films: He’s a pompous tool, and his movies…
This movie probably needed more Jen Barkley.
Our Brand Is Crisis means to cast a harsh light on presidential campaigns, but it mostly just panders. The new film…
At its halfway point, Room arrives at the moment that you might have thought would be its big finale. After being…
Beasts of No Nation is such a worthy, timely, thoughtful drama that the worst you can say about it is that it’s a…
Danny Boyle is one of the most quietly adventurous filmmakers working today. He’ll do a science-fiction movie, then…
The trick to enjoying an Aaron Sorkin project is to never take it as seriously as he does. The creator of The West…
The feat that made Philippe Petit legendary—his tightrope walk between the two towers of the World Trade Center on…
When their eyes first meet, there’s an immediate spark, or perhaps a shared recognition. Gerry (Ben Mendelsohn)…
At a time when some romantic comedies are flexing an edgier, more smart-ass tone—They Came Together, Sleeping With…
For all the talk about how summer movies are supposedly rotting everyone’s souls, this summer produced: