Bodice-Ripping Melodrama Spoils ‘Labor Day’
Whip-smart dark comedy has been a signature thus far in the career of writer-director Jason Reitman, who kicked things off …
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The Invisible Woman
Ralph Fiennes has made a career being typecast as men of indomitable intelligence with a healthy sense of the romantic. …
‘Gimme Shelter’ Offers Inspiring Look at a Secret War on the Home Front
Imagine, if you will, living in a hellhole, deep, dank and dark. You’re a teen forced to turn tricks by …
Pawns Seize the Crown in ‘Life of a King’
Games teach us life lessons, and so do movies. But movies can strip away all of the metaphor and hidden …
Lone Survivor
Writer-director Peter Berg (The Rundown and The Kingdom) knows a thing or two about framing high-testosterone action sequences. The camera …
Spike Jonze Binds the Artificial and the Human in ‘Her’
Astra Taylor’s 2008 documentary Examined Life turned the spotlight on a collection of modern philosophers — including Cornel West, Judith …
Most Valuable Player of 2013: Forest Whitaker
Do you recall the first time you recognized Forest Whitaker, when he was in the kind of role that made …
Oscar Isaac Discusses His Great Performance in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’
Fitting for a film about a musician, the songs in Inside Llewyn Davis, the new release from the Coen Brothers, …
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The ever-unassuming Walter Mitty (director Ben Stiller, seemingly unable to choose just one side of the camera to focus on) …
Top Ten Favorite Film Memories of 2013
Around this time last year, I happened upon a copy of Roger Ebert’s memoir Life Itself and found in his …
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