This Movie Is Kick-Ass
How do I describe the awesomeness of Kick-Ass? I could say this is the superhero flick that Watchmen desperately wanted to be, but that...
Webb of Truths
Through the first half of Kill the Messenger, I found myself thinking that this journalism drama would have blown me away if I’d seen...
Suddenly Susan
I come to you this week as a Whit Stillman fan. There may not be that many of us, but our passion for his...
Not So Minny Laughs
The whole time I was watching New in Town, I was wondering why Renée Zellweger didn't fit her role. In this throwaway comedy she...
Smash-Up
In recent years we’ve seen great flowerings of filmmaking from countries as far-flung as Iran, Mexico, South Korea, and Romania. The foreign scene that...
Princess of Whales
They say that comedy can be highly culturally specific, and I can tell you it’s true after staring uncomprehendingly at the Korean movie Miss...
White People Problems
If you love Brooklyn hipsters, you need to see Fort Tilden, a movie that’s set right in the milieu and that opens this week...
Dangerous Method: Jungian Slip
More than 50 years after his death, Carl Jung seems to have reasserted himself in the zeitgeist, with the recent publication of his famously...
Less Insidious, More Enjoyable
Here’s what you need to know about Insidious: Chapter 2, the sequel to 2011’s critically appreciated haunted house/demonic possession thriller helmed by Saw-franchise mastermind...
Das Bild
The story of how the Nazis looted Europe’s storehouses of art masterpieces is a compelling one, whose salient details only came to light within...
