Wednesday, November 5, 2025

The Theory of Everything humanizes unconditional love via honest, invested performances

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Every year, there’s a certain film guaranteed to come out in the fall: the performance-driven biopic/period piece. The Theory of Everything, which is based...

‘Force Majeure’ asks men to confront manliness in stark but droll...

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Force Majeure, a new, impressively shot film from Sweden takes a stark but funny look at the fragile fibers that hold together a family...

'Interstellar' is an enthralling experience … when emo astronauts stop weeping...

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There is no denying one thing about Interstellar:  it’s an epic space adventure made for the big screen. It features set pieces that will dazzle...

Jake Gyllenhaal shines above superficial story in ‘Nightcrawler’ – a film...

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A great teaser trailer released a few months back hinted that Nightcrawler would present a character study of a manic man determined to get a job...

'Birdman' lampoons Hollywood with humorous, hyper-real, hero-hating satire

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Mexican DJ turned filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu has so far made a name for himself as a director of weighty films with bleakly serious...

'Listen Up Philip': one of the year's most fascinating and funny...

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It doesn’t take long before it becomes apparent that Listen Up Philip presents a man, specifically an author, living two lives. One is a...

‘1,000 Times Good Night’ presents a family portrait torn by a...

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It’s not always another person that can get between two lovers. In his first English-language film, Norwegian director Erik Poppe finds inspiration by looking...

Fury depicts war at its most gruesome with a sprinkling of...

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Before the very first stark image hits you, Fury director David Ayer unnerves the audience with a simple title card describing the all-out war...

'The Blue Room' captures the sense of memories in murder-mystery full...

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I’ve only ever noticed Mathieu Amalric as an actor. I had no idea he could direct, and what an introduction to his directing is...

'Gone Girl' examines perceptions we make with stories we tell —...

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"Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire." --Aristotle There are two things you need...