The A.V. Club -

DVD review: John Adams

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:03:57 -0400

HBO’s nine-hour supplement to David McCullough’s epic biography views the major events of the late 18th century from an unusual vantage.

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:54:39 -0500

Terrence Malick's pet theme of innocence lost gets a stunning workout in his 1976 masterpiece about laborers on a West Texas ranch.

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:58:06 -0400

A historically rich period in Queen Elizabeth I's life becomes fodder for an unnecessary sequel.

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:40:23 -0400

Ang Lee's disappointing follow-up to Brokeback Mountain is loaded with sex, but lacking in sensuality.

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:20:05 -0400

Michael Pitt brings his anachronistic drugged-out pretty boy routine to the role of a 19th century adventurer seeking silkworms in China.

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:56:12 -0400

Mormon officials are up in arms about this depiction of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, with good reason.

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:01:15 -0400

Jane Austen's life story never quite reached the bliss of her independent-minded protagonists. Until now.

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:18:15 -0400

The latest from writer-director Shane Meadows perfectly evokes the Midlands during a particularly turbulent year in the Thatcher era.

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:31:35 -0400

After a seven-year hiatus, director Milos Forman returns with this drama about the Spanish painter's tangle with the Inquisition. Sort of.

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:51:08 -0400

No, not Sylvia Kristel, but a hoped-for return to legitimacy for the D.H. Lawrence classic.