Obsessed

Idris Elba and Beyoncé co-star as a married couple whose happy life is disrupted by a stalker.

"...with star Beyoncé and her father) of the thriller Obsessed, must be flashing that big Magic smile after the..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"Tales of the Obsessed" Comes to Town

The new Drafthouse series celebrates wonderful weirdos

"...neighbors-from-hell comedy The King Is Dead! Tales of the Obsessed..."

July 28, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Okay, but We're Sex-Obsessed as Well

"...be against them. Thanks for continuing to expose those sex-obsessed, self-important, sanctimonious wretches...."

Feb. 21, 2006 Postmarks

One Ounce Opera Highlights the (Death-Obsessed) Work of Four Women Composers and Librettists

Micro-operas were the order of the day at the company's annual Fresh Squeezed showcase

Feb. 21, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Paper Art: Still Obsessed

Papercut, Part. 2

Aug. 11, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

Year of the Dog

In his directorial debut, Mike White embraces the awkward with this story of a woman (played by Molly Shannon) who just wants to be loved.

"...loved. Floating through life in a boring job with self-obsessed friends and family, Peggy’s only true love comes from..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Conspiracy Theory

"...its cue from the notion that American society is obsessed with covert political intrigues and machinations, Conspiracy Theory is..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Wackness

An odd-couple pairing between a teenage pot dealer and the shrink with whom he trades weed for sessions anchors this story about coming of age in New York City during the Nineties.

"...from the reality of Luke Shapiro (Peck). He's a rap-obsessed white boy, friendless and estranged from his parents, a..."

July 25, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Trust the Man

With distinct echoes of Woody Allen, Trust the Man follows fashionably neurotic New Yorkers in oversized apartments as they search for happiness, love, and sex.

"...in the bedroom by his stressed-out wife, the sexually obsessed Tom searches for Internet porn while Rebecca trots off..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Girl

"...movie. It's an old chestnut about desire and love obsessed, but one that's based on a story by the..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Vegan Magazine Founder Summer Burton Talks Reason and Queso

Former Buzzfeed exec and Texas native is obsessed with animals

"...far and above anything else was that I was obsessed with animals. Starting at age 2, I was begging..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Art of Racing in the Rain

They're all good philosophizing puppers, Brent

"...racing expertise with sage life advice. In a period obsessed with the inner thoughts of dogs, Enzo’s witty yet..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Katelyn Landry

Welcome to Marwen

Outsider artist's harrowing true story gets a misguided Hollywood sheen

"...is the best version of this story that the CG-obsessed Zemeckis could have possibly produced. But just because he..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Psychopaths

More murder and mayhem from Mickey Keating

"...so than another standout performance from Bell as a Fifties-obsessed fractured mind, who flips from nightclub chanteuse, to Donna..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

Animation and reality collide in this paean to pubescence

"...his third middle school, a place governed by the rules-obsessed Principal Dwight (Daly) and his chief enforcer (Retta). As..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fan

Bollywood film about a fan who is obsessed with a movie star

"...in this Bollywood film as a fan who is obsessed with a certain movie star...."

April 15, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Creative Control

This whip-smart comedy received Special Jury Recognition at SXSW 2015

"...photographer. Or, more to the point, David has become obsessed with Wim’s girlfriend Sophie (Alexia Rasmussen) – so much..."

March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

How to Be Single

This millennial romantic comedy wears that same old shaggy dress

"...built around types and tropes – the single lady obsessed with snaring a man, the mature woman rethinking her..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Revenant

Iñárritu’s Western loses the forest for the trees, but oh, what trees

"...Glass is no Christ figure, however; he is an obsessed father who lives to track down and exact revenge..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amy

Doc about the life of Amy Winehouse is revelatory, amusing, and deeply devastating

"...in the end, as much an indictment of our celebrity-obsessed (global) pop culture as it is of the perils..."

July 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll

A doc not just for music aficionados, but a transcendent reminder that art matters

"...historical footnotes. A film not just for the musically obsessed, Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten is a poignant and an..."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Arlo & Julie

Steve Mims concocts a mischievous story about a happy, if rudderless Austin couple

"...and so on, as Arlo and Julie become increasingly obsessed with solving both the jigsaw puzzle and the mystery..."

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Before You Know It

There's an aging LGBT community that is only getting bigger and older, and this documentary investigates that process – in ways both specific and universal.

"...a bloodline, the invisibility of the elderly in a youth-obsessed culture, the ingrained human desire for companionship – are..."

June 20, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wrong Cops

French musician-filmmaker-writer-editor Quentin Dupieux (Rubber) returns with more lo-fi absurdism.

"...and most effectively sympathetic – character in the film). Obsessed with achieving an as-yet-nonexistent musical career, he perpetually plays..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kon-Tiki

Real-life adventurer Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 trip across the Pacific on a raft is re-created in this beautifully lensed film.

"...Kon-Tiki respectfully renders its 20th century explorer as an obsessed but genial everyman who seldom loses his composure. With..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

2 Days in New York

This ebullient domestic comedy by Julie Delpy, in which she co-stars with Chris Rock, is a follow-up to 2007’s 2 Days in Paris.

"...Mingus (Rock), an even-keeled Village Voice writer, and his death-obsessed daughter Willow (Riley). All isn’t domestic bliss; instead, this..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Klown

Penis-obsessed, man-child film comedies can crown a new king: the Danish import Klown.

"...Penis-obsessed, man-child film comedies can crown a new king: the..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Uh Oh – What's Lashonda Lester Doing with Andy Warhol?

Same thing she's doing with the Beach Boys & Charlie Manson

"...Not all people are obsessed in creepy, stalkery ways...."

July 23, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Restless

Gus Van Sant hits a rare discordant note with this story about two death-obsessed teens that is twee and precious instead of genuine and candid.

"...rare discordant note with Restless. This story about two death-obsessed teens is twee and precious instead of genuine and..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paul

Two comic-book geeks (played by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) encounter an alien (voiced by Seth Rogen) in Area 51.

"...hug circle to include not just Pegg and Frost’s sci-fi-obsessed pals, but also a trash-talking, blunt-smoking extraterrestrial named Paul..."

March 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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