Review

  • Movie Review Lovely Molly

    The co-director of The Blair Witch Project integrates camcorder-horror into a Repulsion-like tale of psychological dread.  

    May 17, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Movie Review The Samaritan 

    Samuel L. Jackson, as you’ve never not seen him before.  

    May 17, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Movie Review Quill: The Life Of A Guide Dog  

    The life and death of a Labrador companion makes for uniquely awkward fiction.   

    May 17, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • DVD Being John Malkovich

    13 years later, one of most audacious and original modern comedies reveals itself to be one of the most touching, too.  

    May 16, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • DVD Diana Ross: Live In Central Park

    Weather cleaved the great singer’s dramatic performance at Central Park into two distinct parts.

    May 16, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • DVD Films Of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie 

    For fans and newbies alike, this documentary about martial arts movies serves as a fine overview. 

    May 16, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • DVD DVDs In Brief: May 14, 2012

    Our weekly DVD review round-up.

    May 16, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Music Review Beach House: Bloom

    The dream-pop duo is in full flower with its career-cementing fourth album.  

    May 15, 2012 | 12:05am -

  • Music Review Tenacious D: Rize Of The Fenix

    The comedy-metal duo rises from the ashes. 

    May 15, 2012 | 12:04am -

  • Music Review Cornershop: Urban Turban: The Singhles Club

    Reheated exotica retains the flavor, but has a soggy texture. 

    May 15, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Music Review Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music

    With El-P behind the boards, Killer Mike makes an anti-everything manifesto.

    May 15, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Music Review Hot Water Music: Exister

    When it comes to a hotly anticipated, post-hardcore comeback, simply existing just isn’t enough.

    May 15, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Movie Review The Dictator

    Following Brüno’s diminishing returns, incognito rapscallion Sacha Baron Cohen goes back to an even older well: the Marx Brothers. 

    May 15, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Music Review Sleep: Dopesmoker

    A reissue of a beyond-epic 1996 album promises “a true representation of Sleep’s hour-long Weedian chronicle.” 

    May 15, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Music Review Norah Jones: Little Broken Hearts

    Norah Jones and Danger Mouse collaborate on another perfectly fine Norah Jones record. 

    May 15, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review China Miéville: Railsea 

    This fantastical, self-aware take on Moby-Dick not only smashes the fourth wall, it breaks down the pieces for typography. 

    May 14, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Book Review Christopher Buckley: They Eat Puppies, Don’t They? 

    The author of Boomsday and Thank You For Smoking returns for another politically aware satire, but this one lacks specificity or bite. 

    May 14, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Book Review Nell Freudenberger: The Newlyweds

    The story of an email-order Bangladeshi bride and her attempts to come to terms with her American husband proves surprisingly sweet. 

    May 14, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Music Review Best Coast: The Only Place

    Sunny indie duo Best Coast grows up on The Only Place.

    May 14, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Brandon W. Jones: All Woman And Springtime

    This debut novel follows two North Korean women through self-discovery and sex slavery, fending off exploitation with strong characterization. 

    May 14, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Movie Review Girl In Progress 

    No coming-of-age cliché goes untouched in this Eva Mendes-starring drama.

    May 11, 2012 | 5:54pm -

  • Movie Review I Wish 

    Two young brothers dream of reuniting their divorced parents in a sweet, whimsical tale from the director of After Life and Still Walking.

    May 10, 2012 | 12:09am -

  • Movie Review A Bag Of Hammers 

    A love story between two unctuous rockers plays out against the far more interesting backdrop of a Scottish music festival.

    May 10, 2012 | 12:08am -

  • Movie Review Patience (After Sebald) 

    Joy Division director Grant Gee takes his unconventional style to an inspired exploration of W.E. Sebald’s work. 

    May 10, 2012 | 12:07am -

  • Movie Review P.O.W.: Portrait Of Wally 

    The disappearance of a major painting by Egon Schiele in World War II prompts a compelling cinematic investigation.  

    May 10, 2012 | 12:06am -

  • Movie Review The Road 

    A rare production from the Philippines offers a triptych of Grudge-style horror.

    May 10, 2012 | 12:05am -

  • Movie Review Sleepless Night 

    A gaping stab wound and a big bag of coke add up to one terrible night in this taut French thriller.  

    May 10, 2012 | 12:04am -

  • Movie Review Tonight You’re Mine 

    A love story between two unctuous rockers plays out against the far more interesting backdrop of a Scottish music festival.  

    May 10, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Movie Review Dark Shadows 

    Tim Burton and Johnny Depp try to recapture their old magic in a gothic comedy based on the long-running soap opera. 

    May 10, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Movie Review God Bless America

    Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait follows an angry man on a pop cultural killing spree in his latest black comedy. 

    May 10, 2012 | 12:01am -