The A.V. Club -

Film review: Boarding Gate

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:44:31 -0400

French director Oliver Assayas (Irma Vep) follows up Demonlover with another sexy thriller about corporate chicanery.

Film review: Funny Games

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:17:37 -0400

Michael Haneke’s nearly shot-for-shot English-language remake of his 1997 home-invasion thriller piles on the perversions.

Film review: Jar City

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:00:10 -0500

101 Reykjavik director Baltasar Kormákur returns with an Icelandic noir about the opening of a 30-year-old murder case.

Film review: Vantage Point

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:30:55 -0500

Rashomon meets 24 in this craven political thriller about an assassination witnessed from several points of view.

Film review: Cassandra's Dream

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:42:06 -0500

Woody Allen’s third straight British thriller was better when it was called Crimes And Misdemeanors.

Film review: The Walker

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:35:29 -0500

Woody Harrelson does his best Blanche Dubois as a gossipy escort who chaperones Washington D.C. society women.

DVD review: The Lady Vanishes

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:39:18 -0500

One of Alfred Hitchcock's earliest masterpieces reveals the template of many other Hitchcocks to come.

Film review: Awake

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:52:18 -0500

When a young billionaire (Hayden Christensen) goes in for a heart transplant, he learns more about the procedure than he bargained for.

Film review: No Country For Old Men

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:32:06 -0500

The Coen brothers return to form with this gripping adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel.

Commentary Tracks Of The Damned: The Number 23

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:35:55 -0500

Want to hear Joel Schumacher hold forth on his misbegotten thriller, good mai tais, the price of cake, and possibly the kitchen sink? This commentary's for you.