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Film Review: Falling Awake
Falling Awake, the movie title, is more thought-provoking than Falling Awake, the movie. More »
Film Review: Terribly Happy
Smart and amusing tale of a lawman out of his depth amid some cunning locals. More »
Film Review: Ajami
Israel’s 2009 Academy Awards Foreign Film entry has been getting good buzz and deserves most of it. More »
Film Review: Rann
Stylishly directed drama of a principled TV news network facing compromise and worse, as an election for prime minister turns deadly and entrenched interests manipulate both the media and the masses. More »
Film Review: Saint John of Las Vegas
Hue Rhodes buries his would-be comic tale of desert losers in a welter of quirkiness and lousy surrealism, largely wasting an alluring cast brimming with humorous potential. More »
Film Review: Off and Running
Nice coming-of-age doc about an African-American teen who shares a Brooklyn brownstone with the white Jewish lesbian parents who adopted her and two adopted siblings. After the usual brief and de rigueur theatrical stop, film lands on PBS’ “P.O.V.” later this year. More »
Film Review: Veer
Once upon a time in India: Quasi-historical epic of a tribal leader who takes on the British and a treacherous Indian king in the 19th and early 20th centuries is a grand and expansive blend of Braveheart, Lawrence of Arabia and the Tarzan legend. More »
Film Review: The Paranoids
Wan Argentine comedy proves that not all slackers are inherently interesting. More »
Film Review: Soundtrack for a Revolution
The history of the civil-rights movement as explored through the music that inspired it. More »
Film Review: Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
Though the year has just started, Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 may well turn out to be one of the best films of 2010. More »
Film Review: A Room and a Half
A fanciful and melancholy portrait of exiled Russian poet Joseph Brodsky. More »
Film Review: North Face
Gripping account of a tragic 1936 mountaineering expedition features extraordinary climbing footage. More »
Film Review: Red Riding Trilogy
Made-for-TV Brit crime-drama trilogy set against the true-life search for “The Yorkshire Ripper” falls short of its many impressive parts. More »
Film Review: Creation
Spirited and moving tale about Charles Darwin, with fine performances and considerable wisdom. More »
Film Review: The Girl on the Train
Fans of Catherine Deneuve, director André Téchiné and quality French films should turn out for this exuberant but unfocused drama about a recent French news story that caused a sensation before being exposed as bogus. Jewish-themed elements may also help fill seats. More »
Film Review: The Art of the Steal
A well-researched story about the most recent art-world fleecing, this “documentary” will appeal to those interested in what the cultural elite do to amuse themselves. More »
Film Review: Crazy on the Outside
Tim Allen's directorial debut, a strained comedy-drama about an ex-con trying to go straight, isn't nearly crazy enough. More »
Film Review: Fish Tank
Penetrating portrait of a complicated teenager in a sour world, with a standout performance by newcomer Katie Jarvis. More »
Film Review: 44 Inch Chest
Terrific cast enlivens this theatrical production that channels the sensibility of the late, great Dennis Potter. Prepare for a fusillade of a four-letter word that still shocks Americans. More »
Film Review: Pyaar Impossible!
Well-directed if predictable Bollywood romantic company sinks under the weight of writer-producer-star Uday Chopra, a charmless leading man with a finger-wide range of expressions. More »
Film Review: Sweetgrass
An excellent introduction to the rigors of ranching life, this documentary nevertheless exploits Americans’ romantic views of the West. More »
Film Review: The Chaser
A disturbing murder thriller with haunting mood-play and high-strung tension. More »
Film Review: The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
An old Tennessee Williams screenplay tackles familiar themes but veers into mawkish and muddled melodrama. More »
Film Review: Old Partner
South Korean documentary-narrative hybrid centers on an aging couple and their ox. More »
Film Review: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Colorful fantasy from Terry Gilliam has Heath Ledger's last performance but fails to reach the heights. More »
Film Review: The White Ribbon
Michael Haneke's trademark sociopolitical critique is now turned toward history, in a stunningly photographed and deliberately paced film. More »
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