There is a moment, towards the end of Paul Greengrass’ true-life actioner Captain Phillips, in which the eponymous sailor played by Tom Hanks is simply overcome. The violence and strain have […]

Żuławski’s film is like Davids Lynch and Cronenberg had a torrid affair with Ed Wood and gave birth to that baby from Trainspotting in William S. Burrough’s garbage disposal.

  You think teenagers are trouble today, you should have seen them back in 1982, when a deadly combination of Martian fashion, post-punk music, and the lingering ill effects of […]

It is inevitable. What goes up must come down. That is the effect of Gravity, the new film from Alfonso Cuarón—director of the stunning Children of Men—starring America’s sweethearts Sandra Bullock, George […]

It’s not often I go around seeing, let alone enjoying, films directed by Ron Howard, but what do you know, Rush is a mostly enjoyable movie, stylish and well-made.

If you’re one of the few culturally closeted peopled left in the world who doesn’t know that Soylent Green might contain other ingredients aside from high-energy oceanic plankton, you might […]

You think teenagers are trouble today, you should have seen them in 1955, back when they were invented.

I lost track of how many times I cried watching Destin Daniel Cretton’s Short Term 12. I’d heard good things—it won both the Grand Jury Narrative Feature Award and the Narrative Audience […]

Last night’s viewing: The Great Escape. John Sturges’ three-hour adventure film is a fondly-recalled boyhood favorite and true story of Nazi-needling bravura. Like Sturges’ other earlier blockbuster, The Magnificent Seven, this is a […]

Have you seen The Ring (Ringu)? If so, then you shall surely die in a week, unless you force someone else to suffer through this bizarre series of disquieting images […]

The summer movie season was littered with bombs, flops, and misfires. More mega-budget movies were released than in any previous summer season, thus over-crowding the marketplace, resulting in dud after […]