We don't mean to sound paranoid, but: Did aliens abduct George Clooney's sense of humor?
By J. Hoberman
Thursday, November 05
Historical cataclysm produces conspiratorial thinking: Germany's loss in World War I, the JFK assassination and 9/11 are all naturally understood... More >>
It's not hard to see how the director of Forrest Gump would be thought a good fit to adapt the dearly beloved (and much lampooned) Dickens tale... More >>
An Education and its star, Carey Mulligan, get good marks.
By Scott Foundas
Thursday, October 29
The title is a double entendre in An Education, the film version of British journalist Lynn Barber's memoir about the crash course she received... More >>
Cirque du Freak tries to get in on the trend. Fails.
By Aaron Hillis
Thursday, October 22
Like the ominous fingernail moon early on in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, the bloodsucker trend is again in a waxing phase thanks to... More >>
Somers Town gets at the heart of working-class London. And might sell some train tickets, too.
By Scott Foundas
Thursday, October 22
The title of Shane Meadows's Somers Town refers to the bleak, working-class neighborhood that lies in the shadow of London's St Pancras train... More >>
Spike Jonze can't quite get the spirit of the Wild Things on screen.
By J. Hoberman
Thursday, October 15
Directed by Spike Jonze from a 400-word children's picture book first published in 1963, Where the Wild Things Are may be the toughest adaptation... More >>
With Andrew Bujalski's sure hand, the still-laid-back and lo-fi mumblecore matures with Beeswax.
By J. Hoberman
Thursday, October 08
Though no one's idea of an action film, Andrew Bujalski's Beeswax feels less charmingly aimless than its radically slight precursors Funny Ha Ha... More >>
Attn: Wall Street. Michael Moore is a Marxist (but he's still selling the same old shtick).
By Ella Taylor
Thursday, October 01
The ushers at a packed screening of Michael Moore's latest movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, came proudly decked out in T-shirts bearing slogans... More >>
More harmonious than tumultuous, Bright Star is an ode to John Keats's great love affair.
By J. Hoberman
Thursday, September 24
Set in the bucolic suburbs of early-19th-century London, as fresh and dewy as a newly mowed lawn, Jane Campion's Bright Star recounts the love... More >>
A Chinese factory reborn as condo heaven in 24 City.
By J. Hoberman
Thursday, September 24
Jia Zhangke is one of the world's preeminent filmmakers, an essentially contemplative director whose considerable talent is further amplified by... More >>
The Informant! gets cute with massive corporate scandal and blows the story.
By Robert Wilonsky
Thursday, September 17
As evidenced by The Informant!, it's a hell of a tricky thing turning real-life pulp into floss sugar. The story of Archer Daniels Midland Co.... More >>