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David Edelstein

February 22, 2010 | The Movie Review
Intimate Malice

The mind games of chilling prison drama A Prophet and Shutter Island.

February 8, 2010 | The Movie Review
Fists of French Fury

To Paris With Love and District 13: Ultimatum bring the pain (eat your heart out, John Woo).

February 1, 2010 | The Movie Review
The Medicine Goes Down

Extraordinary Measures is a heaping and palatable dose of showbiz altruism.

January 18, 2010 | The Movie Review
No Happiness Please, We’re British

Fish Tank’s working-class lass never turns into a plucky cliché. Plus: Michael Cera, sex machine?

January 4, 2010 | The Movie Review
Nasty Boys

Robert Downey Jr. brightens a grim Sherlock; Michael Haneke’s White Ribbon is just a grind.

December 21, 2009 | The Movie Review
The Final Countdown

Nine films in the year-end rush that say, Hey, Oscar, look at me!

December 14, 2009 | Aughts
When Dreams Came True

With miraculous visions of the subconscious mind.

December 14, 2009 | Aughts
The Stick List

New York's critics pick the television programs, books, movies, art, architecture, plays, and pop albums that we'll still be talking about in ten years.

December 7, 2009 | The Movie Review
Beyond the Call of Duty

Every star of Jim Sheridan’s Brothers outdoes expectations. Plus: a flighty adaptation of Up in the Air.

November 30, 2009 | The Movie Review
The Muse

With Broken Embraces, Almodóvar gets his most ravishing performance from Penélope Cruz.