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Film Review: Hubble
Large-format, 3D account of the 2009 expedition to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. More »
Film Review: Greenberg
Noah Baumbach again investigates psychologically screwed-up people, although this time with much less comedic impact. More »
Film Review: The Eclipse
Award-winning playwright Conor McPherson delivers a beautiful, even believable ghost drama that enraptures on many levels. More »
Film Review: City Island
Andy Garcia demonstrates real comic chops in this charming comedy of family dysfunction. More »
Film Review: The Secret in Their Eyes
This psychological thriller from Argentine Juan José Campanella boasts a fine cast and spiky dialogue, but thematic bloat blunts its power. More »
Film Review: Vincere
Marco Bellocchio's biopic of Mussolini's secret lover offers a different but questionable take on history. More »
Film Review: Mid-August Lunch
Charming and gently hilarious film features an extraordinary cast of elderly characters. More »
Film Review: The Exploding Girl
Small-scale, effective character study of a young woman struggling to cope with physical and romantic turmoil. More »
Film Review: White on Rice
That tired title rather says it all, while really having nothing to do with the actual story of this cliché-ridden, anything-for-a-laugh immigrant comedy. Makes you want to break out into a chorus from West Side Story, addressed to writer-director Dave Boyle: "Stick to your own kind!" More »
Film Review: Stolen
Two missing-children stories are combined to less than compelling effect in this sluggish thriller. More »
Film Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The eponymous “girl” is the only reason to see this dull, misconceived drama that centers on a defamed male journalist who takes a job with a rich industrialist. More »
Film Review: Harlem Aria
Entertaining debut film about a Harlem laundry worker who dreams of becoming a famous tenor. More »
Film Review: The Secret of Kells
Helped by the spirit world, an Irish youth illuminates an ancient sacred text. Meticulous drawing helps compensate for this cartoon feature's obscure storyline. More »
Film Review: Tales from the Script
Interesting if not profound doc that wrangles many of the usual suspects who have played the Hollywood screenwriting game and often triumphed. Breezy fun for film buffs and aspiring writers eyeing that studio brass ring. More »
Film Review: Harlan—In the Shadow of Jew Süss
Harlan invites viewers to share the angst of the Harlan family, the descendants of the director of the notorious anti-Semitic tract, Jew Süss. Only those who feel sorry for Viet Harlan’s poor relatives will appreciate Felix Moeller’s indulgent, misbegotten documentary. More »
Film Review: Prodigal Sons
Compelling documentary featuring a remarkably appealing transsexual high-school star quarterback and her adopted, brain-damaged brother who learns he’s the grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth. More »
Film Review: The Yellow Handkerchief
Four superb performances dominate a somewhat contrived but well-intentioned road picture. More »
Film Review: Formosa Betrayed
Sometimes stilted procedural cuts to the chase to deliver a haunting history lesson. More »
Film Review: Children of Invention
Heartfelt but dramatically tepid tale of two kids who must fend for themselves after their single mom goes missing. More »
Film Review: Blood Done Sign My Name
Well-meaning but plodding depiction of a little-known episode in civil-rights history. More »
Film Review: A Prophet (Un Prophète)
First-rate French prison drama that, with the right marketing, could find a sizeable audience outside of the usual art-house crowd. More »
Film Review: The Good Guy
Handsome, well-done if too familiar look at the romantic and professional games played by upscale 20-something Manhattan professionals working pre-Recession glam corners of art and finance. More »
Film Review: Phyllis and Harold
This so-so doc about yet another dysfunctional middle-class New York Jewish family disintegrating in a recent bygone era is definitely best suited to home viewing. More »
Film Review: Lourdes
Unexpected consequences result from a possible miracle at Lourdes. Challenging but even-handed look at religious faith. More »
Film Review: October Country
Documentary focuses on the despair of one extended family, but might as well represent an uncompromising, microcosmic study of American poverty. More »
Film Review: My Name is Khan
Shah Rukh Khan comes to America (although in a Bollywood film) and shows why he is an Indian mega-star. More »
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