The Innkeepers

With slow-burn shudders, Ti West's haunted-inn story provides a stellar model for creeping dread.

"...Innkeepers, West proves himself a consummate master of the slow-burning shudder. His aesthetic is low-key, both in the pacing..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Contagion

Steven Soderbergh and an all-star cast remind us to be very afraid.

"...to crack the viral code. Social chaos, including looting, burning, and Internet-fed hysteria ensue...."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bellflower

Hellaciously original, this low-budget, post-apocalyptic film looks like no other in recent memory.

"...As I write this, London is burning, Japan is irradiated, and Rick Perry is on the..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Somewhere

Filmmaker Sofia Coppola makes a dreamy, beautifully shot statement about the slow-burning dread of a truly hollow man, but Somewhere lacks the dry humor of Lost in Translation.

"...beautifully shot (by Harris Savides) statement – about the slow-burning dread of a truly hollow man, but Somewhere lacks..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Takers

This Los Angeles-set heist movie stars lots of well-muscled men.

"...long to take its final bow, in the process burning off any residual good will...."

Sept. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Me and Orson Welles

Richard Linklater has crafted a joyful period charmer about that moment before a boy becomes a man and another man becomes a mythological figure.

"...New York theatrical production of Julius Caesar, Orson Welles’ barn-burning 1937 debut production for his Mercury Theatre troupe. Richard..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The House of the Devil

This retro horror film is the freakiest and most unnerving shocker in theatres this season.

"...sequel, but if it's half as good as the slow-burning Eighties horror homage that The House of the Devil..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Baby Mama

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler skewer motherhood but make sure that nothing gets terribly burnt.

"...successful 37-year-old executive with no social life but a burning desire for a baby, Fey is supposed to be..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Glastonbury

The sense of total immersion in England's Glastonbury Festival is breathlessly complete in Julien Temple's everywhere-at-once music documentary.

"...thing we Yanks have that even comes close is Burning Man, or maybe Coachella, but neither one fully rivals..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Utah Supremes Say Search was a Real Stinker

Court reminds cops not to be led by the nose...

"...private property. “We decline to grant the aroma of burning marijuana a place on an exclusive, limited roster of..."

March 30, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Wild Hogs

John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy star as middle-aged friends who seek life's purpose while on a cross-country motorcycle trip.

"...the expected troubles arise in the form of tents burning to the ground and a run-in with an actual..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Letters @ 3AM

Something in me still wants to be a World War I fighter pilot – which is not only nuts, but helps me understand why we will always make war

"...age 19. It ends, "Up, up the long delirious burning blue/I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace/Where never..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

The Last King of Scotland

Forest Whitaker becomes dictator Idi Amin in a ferocious performance that often dwarfs the more ordinary aspects of this picture.

"...of miscalculation that marred the civil rights drama Mississippi Burning: Both films are stories about black populations that are..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Secret Things

Violent French erotica about female empowerment is a turbocharged gender bender that's equal parts soft-core porn and overwrought symbolism.

"...this French import that – finally! – answers the burning question, "What do French women want, besides a big..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fluffer

"...Rebel (Gurney). Smitten, he decides to track down the hunka-hunka-burning-love and ends up at the offices of Men of..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

101 Reykjavík

Icelander Kormakur shows a lot of visual flourish and confidence as a first-time director (he also co-stars), but the story's real heart lies in its dark comedy.

"...north clime. Jokes and humor keep the inner fires burning. (Why do Marlboros have white filters in America and..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fastpitch

"...days at Yale, Spear instead joins a boozy, boisterous, barn-burning brotherhood, headquartered in an Ashland, Ohio battery shop. Indefatigable..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Grass

"...along, we're just gonna have to keep the fires burning on this Ron Mann Joint. (Grass screened previously in..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What Planet Are You From?

"...Planet Are You From?, a film that answers the burning question: Can a horny alien make it with an..."

March 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trekkies

"...and coming up with the answers to all your burning questions about the show and its devoted following. Here's..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

O Amor Natural

Recently unearthed erotic poetry of Carlos Drummond de Andrade is used by the filmmaker as an opening gambit for frank conversations about love and sex with random Brazilians.

"...aging thing too much: The fire will keep on burning as long as we keep it well-stoked. In the..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Dragon Chronicles

"...this weirdly opulent 1994 swordsman/fantasy extravaganza from crashing and burning at Asian box offices. Some post-mortems have theorized that..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Dracula: Dead and Loving it

"...and Loving It, one is immediately struck with a burning, painful, but obvious question: “What the hell happened to..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Virtuosity

"...Lawnmower Man, with this sophomore effort that asks the burning question: “What would happen if a renegade VR program..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Operation Dumbo Drop

"...disastrous miscalculation that leaves the viewer with only one burning thought: “What the hell were they thinking?”..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Magic Crane

"...crazed highlights: a fight with woks to obtain the burning hot gallbladder of the mythical Fire Tortoise; a massive,..."

July 7, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

New Legend of Shaolin

"...where there just happens to be a pit of burning wax in the bottom of a clock tower, or..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Drunken Master II

"...twenty-minute finale: a ferocious free-for-all complete with falling barrels, burning coals, vicious henchmen, and runaway mine carts! The time..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Judgment Night

"...fish-out-of-water cum chase subgenre, a film that poses the burning question, “Can four burgeoning yuppies survive in the backstreet..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blood in the Face

"...They rally 'round the picnic tables, get married (under burning Klan crosses, sure, but still…), play with their kids..."

June 21, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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