Mid-August Lunch
Mid-August Lunch, everyone at table
How’s this for a pickle? You’re a 50ish bachelor who still lives with his mother (so, yes, you live in Italy). You...
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work
JOan Rivers reflects, in "Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work"
Here are a few of the fascinating things you learn about Joan Rivers in the rip-roaring documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece Of...
The Disappearance Of Alice Creed
The kidnappers take a lunch break in "The Disappearance Of Alice Creed"
Written and directed by first-timer J Blakeson, The Disappearance Of Alice Creed stars Eddie Marsan and Martin Compston as ex-...
Whale Music
The late Maury Chaykin in Whale Music
Somewhere on Vancouver Island, Desmond Howl (Maury Chaykin) has retreated from the grind of recording studios and concert tours...
Restrepo
Soldiers speak with Afghani locals in "Restrepo"
For the documentary Restrepo, journalist Sebastian Junger and filmmaker Tim Hetherington embedded with an army unit in the...
Animal Kingdom
Mother and son in Animal Kingdom
When Justin ‘J’ Cody (newcomer James Frecheville) is forced to live with his grandmother Janine (Jacki Weaver), he...
Hugh Hefner - Playboy, Activist And Rebel
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist And Rebel
Undoubtedly one of the most influential media figures of the twentieth century, Hugh Hefner is most famous as the pipe-smoking...
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Coco & Igor, Anna & Mads
Jan Kounen re-jiggers the biopic in Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, a mesmerizing dual portrait of two titans of the 1920s,...
The Secret In Their Eyes
El Secreto de sus ojos, longing looks after a long time
The Secret In Their Eyes won last year’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for a reason. It’s a superbly complex...
Life During Wartime
Paul Reubens and Shirley Henderson in Life During Wartime
Todd Solondz is a shock jock of a filmmaker, a writer-director who always keeps a glass of cold water handy for throwing at the...