A man convinced that there is no joy in life learns otherwise in this small but touching tale.
Up in the Air The year’s best film is a wicked indictment of disaffected 21st century culture. It’s also sharply written, well-acted, and features the performance we always knew George Clooney had in him: smart, smug and deeply, unforgettably sad. The Hurt Locker The 21st century finally has its war movie in Kathryn Bigelow’s relentlessly […]
1. 500 Days of Summer I so love “500 Days of Summer.” Equal parts poignant and entertaining, it’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” for the 20-something crowd. Added bonus: It’s the coolest flick to ever feature a Hall & Oates song. 2. A Serious Man A good man (Michael Stuhlbarg) has his morality, faith […]
Documentary about a final trek of sheep in Montana is as slow as watching the grass grow under their feet.
An elderly man and even more elderly ox demonstrate friendship at a level most can only dream of in this incredibly touching documentary from South Korea.
A terminally sullen live-in maid picks apart her assistants until someone appears that changes everything in this Oscar contender for Best Foreign Film.
Overlong, flabby and unfocused, this musical version of Fellini’s "8 1/2" is woefully tone-deaf.
Guy Ritchie’s frenzied, over-long "reimagining" of the much-adapted Conan Doyle character isn’t quite the blasphemy you’d think, thanks to a solid cast and Robert Downey Jr’s inherent likability as the title.
A Romanian film that examines the tortured feelings of a cop is torture of the worst kind. The only victims are those forced to watch it.
Nancy Meyers clearly enjoys making sitcom movies. We’d all enjoy it if she stopped.
