Forward Thinking
By the end of the year, the story lines onscreen get rewritten into a series of critical dissertations on the …
Category Archives: Black Eye
Accompanied at the Top
Every year’s top 10 list feels a bit incomplete due to the nature of the release schedule in the Midwest. …
A Return to Invisibility?
There have always been urban films — from the black exploitation films of the 1970s to the comic movies that …
Review: ‘The King’s Speech’
Colin Firth, hot off his Academy Award-nominated turn last year in A Single Man, returns to period work as King …
Discovering the Gifts of the Movie Magi
The prestigious awards season has dropped an early bounty on a number of films that have already come and gone …
Drawing ‘True Grit’ Into Focus
To tell the truth, rumors of a legendary remake eclipsed the very serious discussion of “A Serious Man,” the Coen …
Review: ‘Black Swan’
Natalie Portman is all grown up, and the proof is in her searing portrayal of the innocent perfectionist Nina in …
Review: ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’
As with the “Harry Potter” series, I feel it is best to open with an admission. I have never read …
Review: ‘Black Swan’
Natalie Portman is all grown up and the proof is in her searing portrayal of the innocent perfectionist Nina in …
When the Tourist Isn’t the Tourist
Milo Weaver, a CIA black-ops field agent known as a “Tourist” in the trade, is a late-30-something man without a …
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