The documentary Audience Award winner at this year's Sundance festival, Buck follows itinerant horse trainer Buck Brannaman as he applies his... More>>
Pixar's Cars franchise takes a sharp turn from NASCAR mayhem and red-state-targeted '50s nostalgia to 007 espionage with the upgraded sequel Cars... More>>
Ryan Reynolds' cut body the only point worth following.
By Karina Longworth,
June 16, 2011
It's 10 minutes before a human character appears on-screen in Green Lantern, a personality-free franchise-launcher that builds toward a quaint,... More>>
Jim Carrey's latest challenges notion all penguins lovable.
By Nick Schager,
June 16, 2011
The path of post-superstardom is a treacherous one for big-screen comedians, paved as it is with second-rate opportunities for dramedy schmaltz... More>>
J.J. Abrams deploys humor and destruction in his super fun, super loud catastrophe flick.
By J. Hoberman,
June 09, 2011
A big-bang demolition derby, J.J. Abrams' Super 8 seems bound for box-office glory. Opening three weeks before the Fourth of July, this Steven... More>>
(Editor's note: We mistakenly ran a full review of Beginners in last week's issue, though the film opens this Friday at the Magnolia. To read the... More>>
Cinematographer Tat Radcliffe's gray Turin sets the monotone of The Double Hour, while director Giuseppe Capotondi softens promising material to... More>>
Playing an emotionally asphyxiated illustrator whose cancer-stricken dad comes out of the closet at age 75, Ewan McGregor looks positively yummy... More>>
Most sequels are born of good box office rather than good ideas, but it's hard to imagine a more calculating, creatively bankrupt piece of real... More>>
This latest blast of unwavering miserablism from Denis Villeneuve, Oscar-nominated and everything, reaches for something deeper than mere stroppy... More>>
Stakes are high for comedy written by and starring women.
By Karina Longworth,
May 12, 2011
Bridesmaids is a high-profile test case. Directed by Paul Feig (a sitcom journeyman most lovingly known as the creator of Freaks and Geeks), it's... More>>
Greatly expanded from a four-page, single-situation story by Raymond Carver, Dan Rush's first feature, Everything Must Go, is an ambitious if... More>>
An earnest, intermittently droll dramedy about a manic-depressive toy manufacturer and his bewildered family, The Beaver is a parable that's not... More>>
