Shame

Exquisite control and spasmed anguish mark the performances of Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan in this dark, NC-17-rated story about a sex addict.

"...Directed by: Steve McQueen. Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nichole Beharie, Lucy Walters, Elizabeth..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Far From the Madding Crowd

This Thomas Hardy adaptation is a reflection of our times

"...Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg. Starring: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple..."

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Suffragette

Carey Mulligan gets her Norma Rae on in this historical drama

"...Directed by: Sarah Gavron. Starring: Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wildlife

Gyllenhaal and Mulligan burn in this period marriage drama

"...Directed by: Paul Dano. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould and Bill Camp...."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Great Gatsby

A great American novel does not always a great movie make, but Baz Lurhmann, a director of delirious excess, certainly seems an apt fit for the Roaring Twenties.

"...Directed by: Baz Luhrmann. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Amitabh Bachchan, Elizabeth Debicki, Jason Clarke..."

May 10, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Oliver Stone delivers an enlivening and wickedly entertaining take on the occasional angels and plentiful demons that have run the country into financial ruin.

"...Directed by: Oliver Stone. Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michael Douglas, Carey Mulligan, Josh Brolin, Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon and Eli..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

An Education

Everything about Scherfig’s coming-of-age story about a girl in the London suburb of Twickenham in 1961 is spot-on.

"...Directed by: Lone Scherfig. Starring: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Dominic Cooper,..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Never Let Me Go

The children in this story are born into a system that values them for their disposable body parts, not their discrete personalities.

"...Directed by: Mark Romanek. Starring: Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Izzy Meikle-Small, Charlie Rowe,..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Inside Llewyn Davis

The latest from the Coen Brothers nails the Sixties folk-music scene, and delivers another of their memorably flawed heroes.

"...by: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. Starring: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake, Adam Driver, Garrett Hedlund,..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

She Said

The journalistic investigation of Harvey Weinstein gets the rage but not the tension

"...Directed by: Maria Schrader. Starring: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Jennifer Ehle,..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

From the Vaults: All for the Love of You

Carey Mulligan steals hearts as Daisy Buchanan in 'The Great Gatsby'

"...Daisy in The Great Gatsby, which opens wide today, Carey Mulligan is more than up to the heart-stealing task...."

May 10, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Promising Young Woman

Unevenness sabotages this takedown of "nice guy" culture

"...Directed by: Emerald Fennell. Starring: Carey Mulligan, Adam Brody, Ray Nicholson, Sam Richardson, Timothy E...."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Drive

Ryan Gosling plays a getaway driver in this seductive mix of brooding arthouse and heist-gone-to-hell genre picture.

"...Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks,..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Minari Tops Austin Film Critics Association Awards

Nomadland, Promising Young Woman win big

"...Film for writer/director Emerald Fennel, and Best Actress for Carey Mulligan) and technical category champ The Invisible Man (Best..."

March 24, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sex Addiction and the City

Steve McQueen on Shame's New York state of mind

"...horny intern). Eventually Brandon's sister Sissy (a brilliant, crumpling Carey Mulligan) turns up and there are intimations of past..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Screens Top 10s

"...in the Air), Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air), Carey Mulligan (An Education), Julianne Moore (A Single Man), Catherine..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sunday ACL Face-Off: Mumford & Sons vs. Cardi B

L.L.Bean catalog UK folk vs. NYC adult entertainer chic

"...interesting non-musical thing about the group: Mumford married actress Carey Mulligan, once childhood pen pals..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Danielle White’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...Charlize Theron (Tully), Glenn Close (The Wife), Carey Mulligan (Wildlife) Best Director..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Danielle White

Austin Film Festival Brings Paul Dano's Wildlife to Town

The actor becomes director with literary family drama

"...is set in Montana in 1960. Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan deliver impeccable performances as the simmering husband and..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Future Was in Toronto

Toronto International Film Festival showcased the fall's big films

"...a Richard Ford novel which stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan. Set in 1960 Montana, the film depicts the..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sunday ACL Fest Face-Off: LCD Soundsystem vs. Mumford & Sons

Digital or analog?

"...thing about the group: Mumford is married to actress Carey Mulligan. Get this: They were actually childhood pen pals...."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Austin Film Festival Drops 20th Anniversary Lineup

'Inside Llewyn Davis' takes center stage

"...The Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis – which stars Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, and Justin Timberlake –..."

Sept. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Alamo Drafthouse Goes All Out for Gatsby Opening

Dress up, drink up, and party like it's 1929

"...With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan in the cast, Luhrmann's take on the Fitzgerald..."

May 7, 2013 Food Post by Gracie Salem

2011 Screens Top 10s

Marjorie Baumgarten's Top 10 list

"...(Melancholia), Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin), Carey Mulligan (Shame), Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

2011 Screens Top 10s

Kimberley Jones' Top 10 list

"...Michelle Williams (Meek's Cutoff), Khomotso Manyaka (Life, Above All), Carey Mulligan (Shame, Drive), Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

2011 Screens Top 10s

Marc Savlov's Top 10 list

"...Nobbs), Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), Saoirse Ronan (Hanna), Carey Mulligan (Shame) BEST DIRECTOR..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

AFF Announces 2011 Lineup

Regional premieres of Shame, The Descendants

"...McQueen (Wrtier/Director), Abi Morgan (Writer); stars Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan – Regional Premiere..."

Sept. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

2010 Screens Top 10s

"...(Winter's Bone), Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Whitney Able (Monsters), Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go) BEST DIRECTOR..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...Bellamy, Alexander D’Arcy, and Cecil Cunningham. Directed by Leo McCarey. Has any onscreen couple enjoyed better chemistry than Irene..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker