Movies

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Written by Adrienne Jones Thursday, 20 December 2012 20:55

I found Jack Reacher so surprisingly good—and Cruise so surprisingly good in it—that as the final credits began to roll I immediately wanted to see more.

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Written by Laura Hamlett Thursday, 20 December 2012 20:51

The Guilt Trip is a charming, true-to-life, mismatched buddy road trip movie filled with both comedy and pathos. 

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 20 December 2012 20:44

No sooner have you settled into one mode of perception, the film will jerk you right out of it, for no good reason, and certainly not to make any kind of artistic statement.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 20 December 2012 20:35

Apatow’s compulsion to shoehorn every actor he likes into every project he does could eventually be his undoing.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:29

The conclusion of the film, which comes after you think the story is over, is at the same time absolutely chilling and incredibly moving, the more so because the filmmaker underplays his hand.

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Written by Matthew Newlin Sunday, 16 December 2012 22:39

Visually, the film is pleasurable to watch, but it is spoiled by Richard Nelson’s schizophrenic screenplay.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:32

We may as well start calling it “the prequel trilogy” now, right?

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:19

It seems like little consolation to those wrongly accused that a good film resulted from this case.

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Written by Matthew Newlin Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:05

Watching Deadfall is similar to listening to a five-year-old tell a story. Dean rushes through the exposition, thinking it will make the story more suspenseful and interesting.

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Written by Sean Lass Wednesday, 05 December 2012 14:00

The only one I could even slightly recommend is A Man Called Django, and even that would be pretty low on my list of Spaghetti Westerns.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 05 December 2012 13:55

The ambiguity of the French title, L’homme qui voulait vivre sa vie (“The man who wanted to live his life”), is a much better fit for the film that the rather bland English title

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Sunday, 02 December 2012 10:21

Watching these films gives you a good sense for how the ordinary comedy short of the 1920s worked.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Sunday, 02 December 2012 10:14

It’s sort of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? meets The Boys in the Band, but a lot less serious and more fun.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Sunday, 02 December 2012 10:05

This formula works so well that the series hardly missed a beat when Joel was replaced by Mike and the robots were voiced by a succession of actors.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 29 November 2012 22:37

Reminding me of Seven Psychopaths inside the first few minutes didn’t do the film any favors.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 29 November 2012 22:27

In a lot of ways, Hitchcock isn’t quite so much about the making of Psycho as it is about the relationship between Alfred and Alma.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:53

Upon the film’s premiere at Cannes earlier this year, half of the critics hailed it as a masterpiece and the other half hated it violently.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:15

Two films per day, each day, equals 14 total Ghibli films you can see in the theater in a week. And you should damned well go to all of them, if your schedule allows it.

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Written by Matthew Newlin Wednesday, 21 November 2012 12:40

The result is less of a complete film and more of simply an impressive directorial achievement.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:48

One thread running throughout the film is whether the program will be able to continue in the face of system-wide budget cuts, despite the demonstrable benefits it produces.

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Written by Sean Lass Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:34

I have no idea how you will feel about this movie. I’m not 100% sure I know how I feel about it.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:16

It seems like it should have been either a total failure or a great success, and it isn’t really either.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Tuesday, 20 November 2012 21:58

It’s a kooky film about mental health and dance contests. It’s hugely predictable and formulaic. But it works.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 20 November 2012 21:40

Although the contemporary public world officially belonged to men, the women give at least as good as they get, and are just as complex as the men.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 19 November 2012 13:29

I’m not even going to mention how David Sedaris is made up—you’ll have to discover that for yourself.

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Written by Matthew Newlin Thursday, 15 November 2012 20:41

Avoid Breaking Dawn if you can; your IQ and self-esteem will thank you for it.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 13 November 2012 21:58

In fact, she proves to be a regular Katniss Everdeen when it comes to fighting against oppression and protecting her loved ones.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Tuesday, 13 November 2012 21:34

As you have probably gathered, this film could hardly be better cast than it is. Day-Lewis is always memorable, of course, and here he doesn’t disappoint.

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Written by Matthew Newlin Tuesday, 13 November 2012 21:14

“I’m a big fan of watching movies in the theater, where they’re meant to be seen.”

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Written by Sean Lass Friday, 09 November 2012 10:15

At its core, Skyfall is about a weird, almost oedipal love triangle between Daniel Craig’s James Bond, Javier Bardem’s Silva, and Judi Dench’s M.

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Written by Adrienne Jones Tuesday, 06 November 2012 19:34

Kids with issues are nothing new to film, but Liars, Fires and Bears takes the subject to the extreme, with good results.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Tuesday, 06 November 2012 12:11

A scene in The Institute where someone is instructed to dance by a person he’s talking to on a pay phone may be the best scene you see in a SLIFF film this year.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 06 November 2012 12:05

You can experience worlds far removed from your own, for just the price of an admission ticket and a few hours of your time.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:59

It's hard to imagine the producers had anything but little gold men on their minds when they gave this the green light.

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Written by Sean Lass Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:55

Whip Whitaker is a bold character because he constantly makes the wrong decisions.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:49

Wreck-It Ralph is some of the purest fun I've had in the movie theater this year.