The Last Mountain
The case against mountaintop mining in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia in made in this passionate documentary.
Marjorie Baumgarten
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Movie Review, July 15, 2011
A Better Life
An undocumented Mexican worker in Los Angeles who struggles to earn a living and keep his teenage son from joining a gang is the subject of this heartfelt drama.
Movie Review, July 8, 2011
Queen To Play
In this French drama, a placid, working-class woman discovers passions she never knew she possessed when she learns to play chess.
Movie Review, July 8, 2011
Horrible Bosses
While this comedy aims for new nadirs in raunchiness, the rest of its humor coasts on obvious gags and recycled jokes.
Movie Review, July 8, 2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Jim Carrey plays a man who inherits six penguins in this family film that finds the actor neither too manic nor mawkish.
Movie Review, June 24, 2011
Cars 2
This Pixar sequel pops on the screen, but the story line is stuck in neutral.
Movie Review, June 24, 2011
Kiss Me Deadly
'Blood-red kisses,' 'white-hot thrills,' and a radioactive Pandora's box
Screens, June 23, 2011
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Young Judy's summer takes an upward swing when her Aunt Opal (played by Heather Graham) comes to stay.
Movie Review, June 17, 2011
The Double Hour
An Italian import, The Double Hour is a twisty psychological mystery.
Movie Review, June 10, 2011
Super 8
This throwback to the monster movies of the Seventies evokes the early work of Steven Spielberg.
Movie Review, June 10, 2011
'Great American Hero' Tim League
Anderson Cooper dubs Alamo Drafthouse boss a "great American hero"
Screens, June 8, 2011
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick's latest film bursts with unbridled ambition and vision, and while it doesn't always reach the heights for which it aims, it soars boldly and fearlessly.
Movie Review, June 3, 2011
Incendies
A powerful and eloquent anti-war drama, this French-Canadian film unites the personal with the political in a stunning manner.
Movie Review, June 3, 2011
Diabolique
Shock and awe: Reassessing Clouzot's classic thriller
Screens, June 2, 2011
Kung Fu Panda 2
In this visually enticing sequel, the panda voiced by Jack Black is tasked with finding inner peace.
Movie Review, May 27, 2011
Nora's Will
This Mexican award winner is a melodrama with a darkly comic streak about a Jewish woman who masterminds her family's lives even after her death.
Movie Review, May 27, 2011
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Ever-intrepid Werner Herzog guides us through a cave in southern France that holds the oldest drawings known to humanity.
Movie Review, May 20, 2011
Priest
A warrior priest is on a mission to recapture his niece from murderous vampires.
Movie Review, May 20, 2011
Hesher
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Hesher, the nihilistic antidote to a downbeat family in this drama that raises its middle finger toward nothing in particular.
Movie Review, May 13, 2011
True Legend
The great martial-arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping directs this saga about the inventor of Drunken Fist fighting.
Movie Review, May 13, 2011
Comedy of Errors
Getting serious – and seriously malfunctioning – with Will Ferrell
Screens, May 12, 2011
Hoodwinked Too!: Hood vs. Evil
Back for another installment is this rude animated riff on Red Riding Hood and other fairy tales.
Movie Review, May 6, 2011
The Beaver
Jodie Foster directs Mel Gibson in this odd family drama.
Movie Review, May 6, 2011
There Be Dragons
Roland Joffé wrote and directed this drama set during the Spanish Civil War in which one of the protagonists is Opus Dei founder Josemaría Escrivá.
Movie Review, May 6, 2011
Go Into the Light
Jodie Foster on striking a balance between lightness and darkness in 'The Beaver'
Screens, May 5, 2011
Into the West
Kelly Reichardt re-creates the hazards of the Oregon Trail in 'Meek's Cutoff'
Screens, May 5, 2011
Certified Copy
Juliette Binoche stars in this romantic drama about the value of originality by Abbas Kiarostami.
Movie Review, April 29, 2011
Circo
A family-run circus that travels the back roads of Mexico is the subject of this documentary which explores the universal theme of filial loyalty.
Movie Review, April 29, 2011
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
Madea is tasked once again with fixing a broken family.
Movie Review, April 29, 2011
In a Better World
This Danish import by Susanne Bier deservedly won this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
