Filigree Theatre’s Betrayal

The studied, steady cast make bold choices with Pinter’s familiar script and show us a side of adultery not often considered

"...chatting over a drink. But as anyone familiar with Betrayal knows, we're seeing the end of something: a reconciliation..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Moontower, Grackle, Swans, Soltanoff Trainwreck Betrayal

Not necessarily in that order, no

"...your comic experience. If you caught Fusebox Festival's "Sweet Betrayal" event, with Kaci Beeler painting desserts created by Foreign..."

April 30, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Your Betrayal, Caked on the Wall

Painting desserts like it's murder, baby

"...of this year's vast Fusebox Festival is called "Sweet Betrayal" and showcases Beeler painting (directly onto the SVT Gallery's..."

April 26, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Absolute Betrayal Against Our Country

"...every opportunity is worse than lying: It is absolute betrayal of the highest order against my country! Rush is..."

March 5, 2009 Postmarks

Why Is This Woman Painting Betrayal Cakes?

And why directly on the wall of Salvage Vanguard?

"...And you can watch her do it, live, in..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Letters at 3AM: NDAA: Obama's Betrayal

NDAA: Obama's Betrayal

Jan. 27, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Abandoned: The Betrayal of America's Immigrants

June 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Samurai X: Betrayal

Oct. 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stan & Ollie

Coogan and Reilly breathe tender life into the Hollywood icons

"...and more complex role. Coogan holds Laurel’s sadness and betrayal in his moon-eyes, hiding his bitterness by relentlessly writing..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Wilson

A lonely curmudgeon finds out he has a daughter

"...kind of insta-family road trip film before an inexplicable betrayal sends him to prison...."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Man Called Ove

A grumpy old man finds his heart

"...imagine him shaking his head with disgust at this betrayal. “Idiots!” he would steadfastly proclaim. “Nothing but idiots!”..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Third Person

Globe-trotting multistory meditation on love, betrayal, and lost/found children from the director of Crash.

"...up Third Person, a globe-trotting multistory meditation on love, betrayal, and lost/found children from the director of Crash. Neeson..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Iron Man 3

It's more of the same, but the same is pretty good.

"...As usual, there are twists and turns, acts of betrayal and of treason. Through it all, Downey’s Iron Man..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

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.

"...the son. This is a story about faith, friendship, betrayal, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Joffé is trying to achieve something..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Tillman Story

Documentary about the high-level cover-up of the circumstances surrounding the death of NFL star turned Army Ranger Pat Tillman.

"...up all traces of that information is a colossal betrayal of trust, if not a criminal act. The government..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Duchess

Keira Knightley stars as the titular Duchess, a legendary wit and arbiter of taste, but the film is a curiously inert: a whole lot of pomp and incircumstance.

"...in the arms of other women. Stung by the betrayal and her own inability to produce a male heir,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novel is brought faithfully to the screen, although the melodramatics of the story's latter section undercuts the poetic drama of the first half.

"...screen version of Hosseini’s phenomenally successful novel about friendship, betrayal, and redemption, set against the turmoil in Afghanistan during..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

We Don't Live Here Anymore

What people fight about when they fight about love.

"...dynamic of two married couples mired in alcohol and betrayal, but it lacks that initial period of ease, the..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Secret Lives of Dentists

Alan Rudolph's new movie offers a well-performed portrait of decency that's much less sexy than its title.

"...however, is funny and sharp and bewildered by the betrayal of a woman he still loves fiercely. It all..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Set in 1931 Australia and based on a true event, Noyce's film shows what three half-caste aboriginal girls experience when they escape the camp where they have been forcibly sent in order to become anglicized. The music is by Peter Gabriel.

"...country. Its adult themes of familial separation and societal betrayal are head and shoulders above much of the director’s..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mad Love

"...does the clunky voiced-over exposition, whose dire intonations about betrayal effectively lay out the plot of the film before..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Burnt Money

"...Twins.” Cupid's quiver also consists, somewhat less surprisingly, of betrayal, madness, and a whole mess of energetic sexual couplings..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mission: Impossible Two

"...the film is thick with manly issues of honor, betrayal, and, yes, even a little bit of love. The..."

May 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An Ideal Husband

The Oscar Wilde drama about deceit and honor is presented by a solid cast.

"...Wilde's stylish match of deceit and honor, loyalty and betrayal, is more parry than thrust. Sir Robert Chiltern (Northam)..."

July 2, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Separation, La

"...film, his stubbly, hollow-eyed face a mask of bewildered betrayal. He wears the same expression Casablanca's Rick wore on..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cop Land

"...gore only parallels the spiraling levels of fear and betrayal inherent in the story. It's a powerful, tightlywound ball..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The English Patient

"...English Patient is a lush, sprawling epic about romantic betrayal and redemption set against the backdrop of North Africa..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trainspotting

Unrepentant Scottish junkies are observed with a mordant eye.

"...heroin-related tragedies such as AIDS, crib death, and personal betrayal, but it also resorts frequently to humor and exaggeration..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Before the Rain

Manchevski's debut film impresses with its cagey temporal structure, incredible cinematography that exposes the precipitous Macedonian landscape, beautiful performances, and a thematic structure that adds to our understanding of specific and universal issues.

"...have been obscured by the pain of personal injustice, betrayal, and attack experienced on a daily basis. The personal..."

April 14, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Anchoress

"...surrender herself to the corrupt church comes as a betrayal. However, the film shows that Christine is not as..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

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