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Equity
High-wire drama about women working on Wall St. is also made by women
"...Directed by: Meera Menon. Starring: Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas, Alysia Reiner, Craig..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Duke of Burgundy
This character study of mistress-and-servant lesbian role-playing is gratifying without being sexually explicit.
"...Directed by: Peter Strickland. Starring: Chiara D’Anna, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Fatma Mohamed, Eugenia Caruso, Kata Bartsch..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Margaret
A tangled post-production history kept this Kenneth Lonergan film from completion for six years, and its story about teenage trauma suffers as a result. But, oh, what a cast.
"...Directed by: Kenneth Lonergan. Starring: Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Cameron, Jean Reno, Jeannie Berlin, Allison Janney,..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What's Your Number?
Anna Faris does more nose-scrunching than acting in this abrasive comedy about people acting stupidly.
"...Directed by: Mark Mylod. Starring: Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor, Blythe Danner, Ed Begley..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

My Girl Two
"...by: Howard Zieff. Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlomsky, Austin O'Brien, Richard Masur, Christine Ebersole and Angeline..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
The fashion photographer's contradictions, from the glamazons who knew him
"...no introduction. His look, as explained by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour (one of a host of talking heads featured..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Curse of La Llorona
Latest Conjuring spin-off is a pale imitation of James Wan's original
"...this scorned, dead wife is after the children of Anna Garcia, played by the wonderful Linda Cardellini. Marking her..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Zach Theatre's Notes From the Field
This production of Anna Deavere Smith's provocative docudrama calls out America's criminal justice system
"...Leading the charge in this arena is playwright/actor Anna Deavere Smith. Her critically acclaimed reality-based plays have addressed..."

March 15, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

Summer 1993
Town mouse turns country mouse in this bitter-sweet reminiscence of Spanish childhood.
"...(Verdaguer) and his wife Marga (Cusí), and their daughter Anna (Robles), who appears to be about 3. The city..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The director of The Lobster returns with another salvo
"...both doctors – Steven (Farrell) is a heart surgeon, Anna (Kidman) an ophthalmologist – and they have a perfect..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four
Doc chronicles a shameful chapter in San Antonio history
"...openly gay, which of course means witchcraft was involved. Anna Vasquez, Kristie Mayhugh, Cassandra Rivera, and Elizabeth Ramirez (colloquially..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The First Monday in May
The Met's annual ball thrown by its Costume Institute gets its close-up
"...Met Ball, just as obsessively curated by Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and her team. (Poor Josh Hartnett, who’s dismissed..."

April 15, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Million Ways to Die in the West
Seth MacFarlane furthers his Hollywood onslaught with this Western spoof in which he's no longer strictly a voice talent but is now playing the onscreen lead.
"...he’ll be better off moving to San Francisco. Then Anna (Theron) arrives in town and convinces Albert to stick..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Frozen
This animated film mines Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales for material, discards the most brutish bits, and applies a heavy Disney top gloss.
"...she comes to think of as a curse, while Anna (Bell) is a blithe chatterbox, unaware of her sister’s..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mozart's Sister
Wolfgang had a sister who was also a musical prodigy. Guess which sibling the history books remember.
"...whom much is known, but to his sister Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart, nicknamed Nannerl, who was five years..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Leap Year
From the director of Shopgirl comes this despairing and barely mediocre rom-com starring Amy Adams.
"...is a desperately unfunny depiction of a Boston society-girl wannabe who, blanching and distressed in the face of yet..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Amelia
Hilary Swank stars as Amelia Earhart in Mira Nair's big-budget biopic.
"...quickens its pulse; everything else in Ronald Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan’s hackneyed script is writ so large you..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Invention of Lying
Ricky Gervais lies through his teeth for laughs.
"...unemployed and snubbed by the woman of his dreams, Anna (Garner), for being a less-than-ideal "genetic partner," Mark is..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The September Issue
This intriguing documentary observes Anna Wintour and her staff at Vogue put together the magazine's September 2007 issue, its biggest issue ever.
"...The movie’s real hook is its access to Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, the famously exacting taskmistress and taste arbiter whose..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Uninvited
A generic creeper that does nothing to improve upon the South Korean original.
"...frisson out of the Vancouver-for-New England locations. Browning is Anna, fresh out of the asylum after the death of..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Part concert film and part fascinating biography, this deft film is a moving tribute to Leonard Cohen’s musical legacy.
"...most prominent are Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Beth Orton, Martha Wainwright, Linda Thompson, and Antony..."

July 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aeon Flux
Its heart is in the right place, but Aeon Flux's head is just a little too high to make much sense.
"...Theron’s title character, an ultra-chic assassin possessed of an Anna Sui-meets-Richard Kern fashion sense and legs that appear lengthy..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Van Helsing
Hugh Jackman's mysterious monster hunter is pittefd against nearly the entire pantheon of Universal’s classic monsters, including Dracula and and the Wolf-Man.
"...aided in his quest to kill Dracula by beauty Anna Valerious (Beckinsale), the last of a Romany bloodline dedicated..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Real Women Have Curves
"...Hilaire and Lourdes Perez. Two women, Carmen (Ontiveros) and Anna (Ferrara), are locked in an age-old struggle. It's the..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bossa Nova
"...Flor and Her Two Husbands) is adapted from Sérgio Sant'Anna's novel Miss Simpson, and the film has a seeming..."

June 2, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Habit
"...Halloween party and meets a mysterious, feral beauty named Anna (Snaider), he takes the bait and they begin seeing..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hackers
Horny teenagers in goofy clothes avert eco-disaster and triumph over the government.
"...like they just stepped out of a Ridley Scott/Gianni Versace/Anna Sui fashion explosion. Framed by an older, more conservatively..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Beauty
"...film occasionally grows ponderous in its loving re-creation of Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel, the film never panders to..."

July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Short Films of Jane Campion
"...also includes a short film by the director's sister, Anna Campion, which documents their mother's audition for a small..."

July 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Short and Sweet: “Love is Only Just a Death Away”
Bára Anna Stejskalová gives stop-motion life to a lonely worm
"..."Love is Only Just a Death Away" - Bára Anna Stejskalová's stop motion story of loneliness and longing in..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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