Movie Reviews5.6/10
Die Another Day Review: Cool, Not Coherent
A review of Die Another Day, Pierce Brosnan's final outing as 007, a costly spectacle with a hollow tale.
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Movie Reviews9.4/10
Carol (2015): Todd Haynes’s Restrained Romance, Reviewed
Todd Haynes' Carol, shot on Super 16 by Edward Lachman, turns a glove left on a counter into a 1952 love story about custody, cost and restraint.
Movie Reviews9.6/10
Roma: Cuarón’s Controlled Masterpiece, Reviewed
Roma review: Alfonso Cuarón's 135-minute Venice Golden Lion winner, its Corpus Christi massacre scene, 10 Oscar nominations and Metacritic 96.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
50/50 Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Anchors a Cancer Comedy That Refuses to Dress It Up
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a 27-year-old journalist with a spinal tumor in 50/50, a cancer comedy-drama based on Will Reiser's own diagnosis.
BCB After Dark Reviews Santa Fe Trail as a Terrible, Racist Western
A review of Santa Fe Trail, a 1940 film set in Kansas during Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War, found wanting.
Days And Nights In The Forest Tears Apart the Egos and Libidos of the ‘Boys’ Trip’ Comedy
A tale of four Bengali gentlemen and their ill-fated sojourn into the Palamu woods, where vanity and desire meet their ruin.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
Match Point: Woody Allen’s Cold, Precise Thriller of Morality and Greed
Woody Allen's Match Point (2005) sends a retired tennis pro into London's class system, where lust, money and a shotgun decide everything.
Movie Reviews9.8/10
Cary Grant Is the Wrong Man, and That’s the Point
Hitchcock's North by Northwest turns a mistaken identity into 137 minutes of pure chase — Cary Grant, a crop duster, and the spy who never existed.
‘Re/Pair’ Pairs Black and Jewish Artists in a Toronto Talk Show About Their Fraying Coalition
A documentary pairs Black and Jewish leaders for talks on their troubled history, seeking repair through honest dialogue.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
Blue Is the Warmest Color: Three Hours, Two Performances, One 7.1
Three hours, two performances, one Palme d'Or: a review of Abdellatif Kechiche's Blue Is the Warmest Color and why its center holds while its edges sag.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Tom Tykwer’s Perfume adaptation is gorgeous, faithful and almost entirely devoid of a pulse
Tom Tykwer's 2006 Perfume adaptation is cold, exact and beautifully made but often slow. Ben Whishaw shines; Dustin Hoffman feels out of place.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
Jim Carrey’s Count Olaf Is the Only Reason This Unfortunate Adaptation Survives
A review of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Brad Silberling's Jim Carrey film, plus its six-hub-area video game adaptation.