AVENGING SURVEILLANCE Wednesday, April 2, 2014

In a plot Edward Snowden would approve of, Captain America wrestles with more than the Winter Soldier

UNFUN, UNPLEASANT, UNEROTIC Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Lars von Trier's tedious, unenlightening portrayal of hypersexualized women leaves you wondering why you even bothered

RIGHT THIS WAY Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Tony Revolori, Wes Anderson's ‘lobby boy,' on Anderson's quirky obsessions, working with legends and his photographic memory

THE STYLE IS ENOUGH Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Wes Anderson's latest — a mad, cross-country caper — has too many cameos and not enough plot

NOT BAD ENOUGH Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Jason Bateman's directorial debut lacks 
the courage of its misanthropic convictions

The Most Dangerous Puppet Wednesday, March 19, 2014

In the annals of Hollywood, no puppet has seen more success on the big screen than Kermit the Frog, though many have tried. Punch was unable to make the transition from street theater to the silver screen in the 1920s, and the arrival of sound was …

The Lovely Vampires Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Irish writer/director Neil Jordan is probably best known to American viewing audiences for The Crying Game, which won him an Oscar for Best Screenplay in 1992, and for the expensive Hollywood version …

A Mysterious, Sensual Prism Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Paolo Sorrentino's ‘The Great Beauty,' which should have been up for Best Picture, more than lives up to its name

In the Driver's Seat Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Aaron Paul ditches the hazmat suit for an alpha-male action-hero role that doesn't quite fit

A World with Pyramids Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Declared Miyazaki's last film, this animated biopic focuses on the purity of warplanes' creation, not their use in war