- March 5, 2012 | The Movie Review
- If Ingmar Bergman Were Funny
Friends With Kids is the best breeder movie in years.
- March 5, 2012 | The Movie Review
- The Patchouli Premise
Wanderlust takes a weary idea (city slickers move to a commune) and somehow gets new laughs.
- February 20, 2012 | The Movie Review
- Losing the Peace
Return avoids every cliché of the coming-home-from-battle genre�and finds power in silence.
- February 13, 2012 | The Movie Review
- Schindler in the Sewers
In Darkness tells an ethically complex story of Jews concealed under the streets of Poland.
- February 6, 2012 | The Movie Review
- A Month of Bummers
In this chilly gray season, four new films that don’t do uplift.
- January 30, 2012 | The Movie Review
- Costume Drama
In Albert Nobbs, Glenn Close becomes fear personified.
- January 9, 2012 | The Movie Review
- Iranian Devolution
In the downcast, amazing world of A Separation, every single character comes up short in life.
- January 2, 2012 | The Movie Review
- Many Happy Returns
Year-end films have it all: solemnity (War Horse), enchantment (We Bought a Zoo), and nervy tearjerking (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close).
- December 19, 2011 | The Movie Review
- Intriguing
Tinker, Tailor is no relic.
- December 12, 2011 |
- The Year in Movies
Apes in revolt, planets seriously out of alignment, silent stars, cowboys, and aliens.