Movie Reviews8.3/10
How Sean Penn’s Harvey Milk Turned a Biopic’s Worst Fear Into Its Greatest Strength
A tale of Harvey Milk, the first open gay man to win office in California, whose life and death are rendered by Sean Penn.
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Movie Reviews3.5/10
‘I Am Sam’ Means Well, But Its Faith in Love Feels Hollow
A father with an intellectual disability fights to keep his daughter in this touching yet hollow drama.
Movie Reviews8.5/10
The Tree of Life Review: Malick’s Memory and the Universe Hold Together
A film of memory, loss, and the strange shape of human life, tracing the O'Briens of Texas amid the cosmos.
Movie Reviews9.5/10
One Battle After Another: Paul Thomas Anderson Finally Adapts Pynchon, and It Earns Every Minute
Paul Thomas Anderson's Pynchon-inspired epic One Battle After Another won six Oscars, including Best Picture, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
The Game at 29: Fincher’s Well-Made Puzzle With a Hollow Center
A close look at David Fincher's 1997 thriller The Game, from its wooden clown and fake offices to the Jodie Foster casting fight that never happened.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
Mystic River: Eastwood’s Patient Study of Damage and Debt
A look at Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003): its Charlestown abduction, the .38 Special mystery, Penn and Robbins' Oscar wins, and Eastwood's first score.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Into the Wild: Sean Penn’s 148-Minute Study of the Cost of Walking Away
Sean Penn's Into the Wild adapts Jon Krakauer's book on Christopher McCandless, with Emile Hirsch and Hal Holbrook. A 7.3/10 review of the 148-minute film.