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Need For Speed runs not on plot, but on a deep love for car culture By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky March 13, 2014 | 8:18pm
Only when transforming into a twofer does The Cold Lands find its footing By Emily St. James March 13, 2014 | 5:00pm
Matt Dillon and Kurt Russell plot a heist in The Art Of The Steal By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky March 13, 2014 | 3:00pm
The Missing Picture uses clay figurines to expose the horrors of history By A.A. Dowd March 13, 2014 | 3:00pm
Teenage ambitiously attempts to trace the origins of all youth culture By Ben Kenigsberg March 13, 2014 | 2:00pm
Talking heating vents are not scary—nor is anything else in Dark House By Mike D'Angelo March 13, 2014 | 2:00pm
For his directorial debut, Jason Bateman uses some very Bad Words By A.A. Dowd March 13, 2014 | 5:00am
Catherine Deneuve takes a road trip to nowhere in On My Way By Mike D'Angelo March 13, 2014 | 5:00am
Le Week-End may sound like Before Midnight, but don’t get your hopes up By Ben Kenigsberg March 13, 2014 | 5:00am
Veronica Mars is back, a little rusty but still worth the fanfare By A.A. Dowd March 13, 2014 | 5:00am
Before going eastbound and down, DGG made the great George Washington By A.A. Dowd March 12, 2014 | 5:00am
Haunt summons horror clichés but fails to bring them to life By A.A. Dowd March 7, 2014 | 6:00pm
Elijah Wood suffers some serious stage fright in the thriller Grand Piano By A.A. Dowd March 7, 2014 | 6:00pm
The first half of Lars von Trier’s erotic opus Nymphomaniac arrives Stateside By A.A. Dowd March 7, 2014 | 5:33pm
Mr. Peabody & Sherman toys with history—including that of its inspiration By Kevin McFarland March 6, 2014 | 6:00am
Annette Bening courts a doppelgänger in the blandly staged The Face Of Love By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky March 6, 2014 | 6:00am
Even more so than part one, 300: Rise Of An Empire is a rotten power fantasy By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky March 6, 2014 | 6:00am
Wes Anderson erects The Grand Budapest Hotel, a delightfully madcap caper By A.A. Dowd March 6, 2014 | 6:00am
There are no peaceful mangers in the dangerous Bethlehem of Bethlehem By Mike D'Angelo March 6, 2014 | 6:00am
The cast of In Fear may really be scared, but the feeling isn’t infectious By Mike D'Angelo March 6, 2014 | 6:00am
Stephen Chow applies his zany touch to Chinese classic Journey To The West By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky March 6, 2014 | 6:00am
The new documentary Particle Fever breaks down the “God particle” By Josh Modell March 6, 2014 | 6:00am
Steven Soderbergh proved his skills as a screenwriter with King Of The Hill By Mike D'Angelo March 5, 2014 | 6:00am
History Channel’s The Bible is cut into an equally chintzy film, Son Of God By Ben Kenigsberg February 28, 2014 | 12:00am
War is a slow-mo, speed-ramped hell in the Russian blockbuster Stalingrad By Jesse Hassenger February 28, 2014 | 12:00am
The Bag Man is two decades late to the knockoff-Tarantino party By Mike D'Angelo February 27, 2014 | 6:00am
The Lunchbox is a minor film about the minor moments of life By Ben Kenigsberg February 27, 2014 | 6:00am
Liam Neeson hunts a hijacker in the mile-high mystery Non-Stop By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 27, 2014 | 6:00am
The Oscar-nominated Ernest & Celestine is a hand-drawn animated delight By Mike D'Angelo February 27, 2014 | 6:00am
Kids For Cash looks past scandal to a real problem with the justice system By A.A. Dowd February 27, 2014 | 6:00am
The director of The Mummy brings Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas to the screen By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 27, 2014 | 6:00am
The sumptuous Tess is Roman Polanski by way of David Lean By Ben Kenigsberg February 26, 2014 | 6:00am
Pompeii plays to the strengths and weaknesses of Paul W.S. Anderson By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 20, 2014 | 11:00pm
Kevin Costner’s very particular set of skills doesn’t apply to 3 Days To Kill By A.A. Dowd February 20, 2014 | 11:00pm
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me shows the Broadway legend at her best and worst By Emily St. James February 20, 2014 | 6:00am
The director of Paradise Now returns with Omar, another fatalistic drama By Ben Kenigsberg February 20, 2014 | 6:00am
Oscar Isaac romances Elizabeth Olsen in the passionless In Secret By Ben Kenigsberg February 20, 2014 | 6:00am
For a Romanian New Wave film, Child’s Pose is surprisingly sloppy By Mike D'Angelo February 19, 2014 | 6:00am
Criterion makes Hitchcock’s exciting Foreign Correspondent widely available By Ben Kenigsberg February 19, 2014 | 6:00am
The Easy Money series continues to traffic in clichéd crime-movie wisdom By A.A. Dowd February 13, 2014 | 6:00am
Winter’s Tale is so ludicrously sappy it’s almost (but not quite) lovable By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 13, 2014 | 6:00am
As Jimmy P. demonstrates, therapy sessions make for weak drama By Mike D'Angelo February 13, 2014 | 6:00am
’80s remake week continues with an earnest Endless Love do-over By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 13, 2014 | 6:00am
David Mamet would probably hate this About Last Night too By A.A. Dowd February 13, 2014 | 6:00am
Date And Switch tweaks sex-comedy convention—but not enough By Erik Adams February 13, 2014 | 6:00am
The New Black fails to do justice to a complicated civil rights issue By Ben Kenigsberg February 12, 2014 | 6:00am
It’s a good and bad thing that the new RoboCop is not the old RoboCop By A.A. Dowd February 11, 2014 | 4:57pm
Vampire Academy is a defanged hodgepodge of paranormal high school melodrama By Kevin McFarland February 7, 2014 | 11:24pm
The Last Of The Unjust turns a Shoah outtake into its own fascinating film By Ben Kenigsberg February 6, 2014 | 6:00am
A Field In England has a field in England—and not much else going for it By Mike D'Angelo February 6, 2014 | 6:00am
The Lego Movie is another lovable effort from the creators of Clone High By Kevin McFarland February 6, 2014 | 6:00am
Simon Pegg has A Fantastic Fear Of Everything—or just laundry and murderers By Mike D'Angelo February 6, 2014 | 6:00am
The Monuments Men celebrates history by romantically clouding it By A.A. Dowd February 6, 2014 | 6:00am
Jean-Claude Van Damme can’t quite salvage the comedy Welcome To The Jungle By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 6, 2014 | 6:00am
The lit classic that inspired Rent also spawned an Aki Kaurismäki picture By Mike D'Angelo February 5, 2014 | 6:00am
Louis C.K.’s unearthed first feature is a revealing misfire By A.A. Dowd January 30, 2014 | 9:33pm
Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga flirt through the mostly breezy At Middleton By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 30, 2014 | 6:00am
Jobriath A.D. examines a rock ’n’ roll dream that never came true By Josh Modell January 30, 2014 | 6:00am
Without clear agenda, 12 O’Clock Boys examines Baltimore dirt-bike culture By Mike D'Angelo January 30, 2014 | 6:00am
With Labor Day, Jason Reitman takes a disastrous detour into melodrama By A.A. Dowd January 30, 2014 | 6:00am
Realism and fantasy don’t blend in the indie romance Brightest Star By Mike D'Angelo January 30, 2014 | 6:00am
The rom-com That Awkward Moment mostly wastes its talented young cast By Kevin McFarland January 30, 2014 | 6:00am
With Best Night Ever, the directors of Disaster Movie hit a new low By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 30, 2014 | 6:00am
Charlie Victor Romeo is an uneasy flier’s worst nightmare By Ben Kenigsberg January 29, 2014 | 6:00am
The Long Day Closes is one of the great movies about memory By A.A. Dowd January 29, 2014 | 6:00am
Vanessa Hudgens stumbles through the social-issues melodrama Gimme Shelter By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 25, 2014 | 12:01am
I, Frankenstein is a (slightly) better monster mash than Underworld By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 24, 2014 | 10:43pm
The bombastic Visitors is little more than glorified installation art By Ben Kenigsberg January 23, 2014 | 6:00am
There’s a serious Twin Peaks vibe to the B-action flick Enemies Closer By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 23, 2014 | 6:00am
Will Forte’s career reinvention continues in the indie drama Run & Jump By Kyle Ryan January 23, 2014 | 6:00am
Joe Swanberg’s 24 Exposures toys around with genre conventions By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 23, 2014 | 6:00am
Gloria is the rare film to explore fiftysomething female sexuality By Mike D'Angelo January 23, 2014 | 6:00am
Sex and danger are entwined in the erotic thriller Stranger By The Lake By Ben Kenigsberg January 23, 2014 | 6:00am
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is indulgent, messy fun By Mike D'Angelo January 22, 2014 | 6:00am
Devil’s Due does nothing new with the demon-baby trope By Mike D'Angelo January 17, 2014 | 5:19pm
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit keeps its espionage bland By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 16, 2014 | 9:09pm
Brisk in weather and pacing, Reasonable Doubt is otherwise of little merit By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 16, 2014 | 6:00am
The Nut Job is a tedious cookie-cutter family film By Kevin McFarland January 16, 2014 | 6:00am
At its best, buddy comedy Ride Along channels the spirit of Jerry Lewis By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 16, 2014 | 6:00am
Big Bad Wolves may be the rare revenge movie that’s actually anti-revenge By A.A. Dowd January 16, 2014 | 6:00am
Hirokazu Kore-Eda stumbles with the Lifetime-worthy Like Father, Like Son By Mike D'Angelo January 16, 2014 | 6:00am
Michael Mann launched his film career with the confident, arresting Thief By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 15, 2014 | 6:00am
Nazi youth could be swell people too, argues the 5-hour Generation War By Ben Kenigsberg January 15, 2014 | 6:00am
Only fans of phoniness will get anything out of The Legend Of Hercules By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 10, 2014 | 9:02pm
Cheap symbolism abounds in the Sundance indie The Truth About Emanuel By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 9, 2014 | 6:00am
Banshee Chapter is like a lost, mediocre episode of The X-Files By A.A. Dowd January 9, 2014 | 6:00am
Zoë Bell’s tough talents are wasted on the brainless Raze By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 9, 2014 | 6:00am
In Bloom proves that there’s tension left in Chekhov’s gun By Mike D'Angelo January 9, 2014 | 6:00am
A germophobe romances an agoraphobe in the twisty The Best Offer By Mike D'Angelo January 9, 2014 | 6:00am
Not even Bryan Cranston can save the generic crime film Cold Comes The Night By Josh Modell January 9, 2014 | 6:00am
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating By Mike D'Angelo January 8, 2014 | 6:00am
The Marked Ones is a Paranormal Activity movie in name only By A.A. Dowd January 3, 2014 | 9:00pm
The yakuza sequel Beyond Outrage is less urgent than its predecessor By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 3, 2014 | 9:00pm
Justin Bieber’s Believe is another manipulative PR stunt By Kevin McFarland December 27, 2013 | 6:00am
47 Ronin is a singularly strange blockbuster By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 27, 2013 | 6:00am
Leave it to the Weinsteins to turn August: Osage County into awards bait By Ben Kenigsberg December 24, 2013 | 6:00am
Lone Survivor comes dangerously close to glorifying warfare By A.A. Dowd December 24, 2013 | 6:00am
Only when embracing fantasy does The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty shine By Ben Kenigsberg December 24, 2013 | 6:00am
Against the odds, Grudge Match finds emotional truth in clichés By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 24, 2013 | 6:00am
Martin Scorsese tackles excess with excess in The Wolf Of Wall Street By A.A. Dowd December 24, 2013 | 6:00am
The Invisible Woman revisits a footnote in the love life of Charles Dickens By Mike D'Angelo December 24, 2013 | 6:00am
All The Light In The Sky is another of Joe Swanberg’s “small” movies By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 19, 2013 | 6:00am
Clio Barnard moves gracefully to fiction with The Selfish Giant By Mike D'Angelo December 19, 2013 | 6:00am
The Past is another emotionally complex triumph from Asghar Farhadi By Mike D'Angelo December 19, 2013 | 6:00am
Producers dumb down Walking With Dinosaurs for movie screens By A.A. Dowd December 19, 2013 | 6:00am
Quentin Dupieux offers another dose of comedic surrealism with Wrong Cops By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 19, 2013 | 6:00am
There are hits and misses aplenty in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues By Ben Kenigsberg December 18, 2013 | 6:00am
Joaquin Phoenix courts his computer in the beguiling Her By A.A. Dowd December 18, 2013 | 6:00am

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