Mississippi Grind

Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan Reynolds co-star as gambling buddies

"...Directed by: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Sienna Miller, Robin Weigert, Alfre Woodard,..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Captain Marvel

Brie Larson confidently lays the next cornerstone of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

"...Fleck. Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg..."

March 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Una

A woman confronts an older ex-lover with devastating results

"...Directed by: Benedict Andrews. Starring: Rooney Mara, Ruby Stokes, David Shields, Ben..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ready Player One

Video gaming and Eighties culture get the Spielberg treatment

"...Steven Spielberg. Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Letitia Wright, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, Mark Rylance, T.J. Miller, Hannah John-Kamen,..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lost River

Ryan Gosling's controversial debut as a writer/director finally arrives

"...Iain De Caestecker, Saoirse Ronan, Eva Mendes, Matt Smith, Ben Mendelsohn, Barbara Steele, Reda Kateb and Landyn Stewart...."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Animal Kingdom

An Australian family that commits crimes together avoids time together in this brutal look at the human survival instinct.

"...Directed by: David Michôd. Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, James Frecheville, Jacki Weaver,..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Efficiency Expert

"...Directed by: Mark Joffe. Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Alwyn Kurts, Toni Collette and Rebecca Rigg. During..."

Dec. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Robin Hood

This umpteenth iteration of He Who Steals From the Rich to Give to the Poor puts its dumbness front and center

"...Directed by: Otto Bathurst. Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, Jamie Dornan, Tim Minchin, Paul Anderson..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film: Ready Player One Red Carpet and World Premiere

"...Tye Sheridan (l) and Ben Mendelsohn on the red carpet for the world premiere..."

March 12, 2018 Photo Gallery

Killing Them Softly

Some great performances punctuate the odd pacing in this adapatation of George V. Higgins' Cogan's Trade, set within the criminal underworld.

"...Directed by: Andrew Dominik. Starring: Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Vincent Curatola..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The Force is strong with this one

"...Gareth Edwards. Starring: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, Jimmy Smits,..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To Catch a Killer

Formulaic killer-with-a-gun drama has the guts to defetishise firearms

"...Directed by: Damián Szifron. Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ben Mendelsohn and Jovan Adepo...."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Slow West

A whimsical and wistful fable follows a young romantic and a hard-nosed realist out West

"...Directed by: John Maclean. Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Caren Pistorius, Ben Mendelsohn, Rory McCann, Tony Croft, Andrew..."

May 22, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Scott Christopherson’s Peace Officer, while in the Visions category, Ben Powell sets sail with Barge, about tugboat workers, and..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As the Guardians of the Galaxy gather once more, every MCU film reviewed

"...Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley..."

May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Sea

This undersea actioner stars Jude Law as a submarine captain leading a team of Brits and Russians in the recovery of a sunken fortune.

"...Directed by: Kevin Macdonald. Starring: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Tobias Menzies, Grigoriy Dobrygin, David Threlfall, Michael Smiley,..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Batten down the hatches! The plagues are here!

"...Ridley Scott. Starring: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Ben Kingsley, Aaron Paul, Ben Mendelsohn, María Valverde, Sigourney Weaver,..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Screening Calls

What to see and when and where to see it at SXSW Film 04

"...with Robert Carlyle, Kerry Fox, David Ngoombujarra, Colin Friels, Ben Mendelsohn..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature

Cyrano

Musical rewrite of the tragic love triangle never hits the high notes

"...Directed by: Joe Wright. Starring: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn, Bashir Salahuddin and Monica..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Darkest Hour

Gary Oldman disappears into the role of the beloved English statesman

"...Wright. Starring: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, Richard Lumsden and Nicholas..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Film: Saturday Red Carpets and Panels

"...Ben Mendelsohn walks the red carpet at the premiere of..."

March 15, 2015 Photo Gallery

William Goss' Top 10 List

"...9)Force Majeure Formally rigid and cleverly conceived, Ruben Östlund's he-said-she-said look at relationships provides an infectious catalyst..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by William Goss

The Place Beyond the Pines

A melodrama, multigenerational epic, heist film, and motorcycle-fetish movie are all rolled into one in this Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper headliner.

"...Starring: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Mahershala Ali, Ben Mendelsohn, Ray Liotta, Emory Cohen and Dane DeHaan...."

April 12, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Cannes You Dig It?

Vincent Van Horn doesn't hold back the tears

"...with Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, and Aussie Ben Mendelsohn. Starts off kinda iffy and ends pretty strong...."

May 25, 2012 Screens Post by Vincent Van Horn

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...his memoir Dear America; Notes of an Undocumented Citizen). Ben Fountain, familiar to many as a novelist from the..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires