Amour, Quartet: Old Wave
Movies tend to neglect seniors as subjects. This is neither a recent phenomenon, nor is it a Hollywood thing. Filmmakers and audiences everywhere have...
Last Stand: Defending the Border
With the release of The Last Stand this week, a Korean wave finally reaches our shores. Much the way a trio of talented and...
Gregory Crewdson: Motionless Pictures
For whatever reason, 2012 has yielded a bumper crop of documentary films about prominent artists: Marina Abramovic, Ai Weiwei, and Gerhard Richter have all...
Zero Dark Thirty: Tortured Logic
OK, everyone. Here it is, the movie where Osama bin Laden bites the big one. And yeah, it’s also topping lots of film critics’...
Gangster Squad: Old Hats
As you’ve probably heard, Gangster Squad was supposed to arrive in theaters last September, but it was also supposed to include a scene (visible...
Top 10 Movies
I don’t have enough slots! That’s always a nice problem to have when making a list of the year’s best movies. Even taking into...
Les Misérables: Do You Hear the Actors Sing?
I’ve never been a fan of Les Misérables, the Broadway musical, and the movie version reminded me of all the reasons: the bombast, the...
Django Unchained: I’m No Slave 4 U
Last month, Steven Spielberg put out Lincoln, a movie about the evils of slavery. Predictably, he took a serious, high-minded approach to the issue....
Spawn of Knocked Up
On the one hand, Judd Apatow may just be the defining comic genius of our generation. As a producer, he has discovered and nurtured...
Hyde Park: FDR & HRH
Unadventurous and ultimately forgettable, Hyde Park on Hudson played at the Lone Star Film Festival last month to an appreciative reception, and it begins...
