The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

This Swedish film is an icily sleek masterwork of sustained suspense, much like Noomi Rapace's visceral, envelope-pushing performance.

"...Larsson's novel has just bumped Dan Simmons' Black Hills off the top of my summer reading list. On the..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Riding: 1974

This is the first of three absorbing adaptations (filmed concurrently by different directors) of David Peace’s linked novels about crime and corruption in Yorkshire, England.

"...an investigative reporter) has a habit of getting his face bashed in, usually on account of a girl. RR:..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fighting

This film is set amid the world of underground street fighting where the plays bob and weave for love and respect.

"...Michael Rivera, Flaco Navaja and Peter Tambakis. On the face of it, Fighting, the new film from the director..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

17 Again

Tween idol Zac Efron graduates into a nonsinging and nondancing world in this body-switch movie, and the result should keep ’em coming back for more.

"...but, rather, the disbelief that the two share a face that’s only separated by 20 years. Topping off the..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beauty in Trouble

In this Czech film, the tumultuous marriage of a couple, who only stop quarreling for bouts of sex, faces a reckoning.

"...with an expansive villa in Tuscany, and when he offers the patently sensual, emotionally overwhelmed Marcela a chance for..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

This comedy starring Simon Pegg is based on Toby Young's memoir about working at Vanity Fair.

"...writer Candace Bushnell, not even Young himself, who came off as the cleverest and most self-destructive of all jackasses,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Stuck

Stuart Gordon tells his own creepy version of the story about the Fort Worth woman who locked her car in the garage for days with the mangled-but-still-living body of a human victim stuck in her windshield.

"...in Fort Worth, in 2001, when Chante Mallard, an off-duty nurse's aide driving home after a night of booze..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Exit Music for a Film Fest Producer

Sending off South by Southwest's Matt Dentler

"...prolific in the group and perhaps its most public face, Swanberg responded to my e-mail query with an earnest,..."

May 2, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Shine a Light

The Rolling Stones gather no moss in this Martin Scorsese-directed concert film that's playing on both IMAX and conventional screens.

"...the media pulled the "Last Time” angle, then shrugged off Ashby’s stadium aftermath. The previous decade’s theatrical parallel, Ladies..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Live Free or Die Hard

As John McClane, Bruce Willis once more brings the noise and blows the bejesus out of the bad guys.

"...wishes but to our immense relief. Memo to Michael Chertoff: Scuttle the DHS bureaucracy posthaste, and get us more..."

June 29, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jackass: Number Two

Strange as it may be to say, Jackass: Number Two is just the kind of vicarious excitement for which the movies were invented.

"...human fear by laughing, and occasionally vomiting, in its face. The troupe enters the film on a perfectly pitched..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Chosen One

Director Jamie Babbit sounds off on 'The Quiet' – Burnt Orange's first national release – and its discomfiting implications

"...befouled thunderheads that threaten to engulf what on the face of it would appear to be the ideal American..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Kinky Boots

One man's ailing boot factory and a transvestite's need for extra-large thigh-highs become a perfect match in this British comedy about tolerance.

"...despite a title that will likely have it flying off video-store shelves the world over, will surely disappoint the..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hard Candy

Metaphorically speaking, Little Red Riding Hood eats Humbert Humbert in this story of an online predator and his jailbait, gamine prey.

"...make us squirm and silently swear to throw our offspring's PC out the window after first setting it afire..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shopgirl

Steve Martin's latest stands out as an elegant work, one that provides a welcome look at love, romance, and heartbreak without the encumbrances of the usual Hollywood folderol.

"...Bottoms and Frances Conroy. Shopgirl is a rare Hollywood offering: a romantic story without the romance, a love story..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moog

An admiring documentary about Robert Moog, the inventor of the music synthesizer.

"...music synthesizer that bears his name, has changed the face of modern music. Over the 40 years since Moog’s..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator

The rise and fall of Eighties skateboard king Mark "Gator" Rogowski.

"...second to none. For a while, Gator was the face of skateboarding, and with his outlaw attitude and surfy..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Men in Black II

"...orders Jay to re-recruit Kay in order to head off (what else?) total planetary destruction -- this time via..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Primary Election Night: A Roundup

Legislature and Congress: Few Surprises

"..., the two State House District 51 front-runners will face off in an April runoff to succeed retiring Rep...."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

ABCD

"...Erdos, Aasif Mandvi, Faran Tahir, Sheetal Sheth and Madhur Joffrey. Like many films by modern Indian and Indian-born directors,..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Urban Legends: Final Cut

"...anxiety, is little better than a slap in the face. The right combination of humor and horror may be..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ego Has Landed

Love Supreme frontman Noah Lit shares his interests and disinterests - and talks about his band occasionally.

"..."If you're going to rip off, you might as well rip off the best," he..."

April 28, 2000 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Price of Glory

"...TKO before it even had a chance to get off a decent hook. Jimmy Smits plays Arturo Ortega, scion..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Frogs for Snakes

"...sometime New York City actor (and mom) given to off-of-Broadway productions staged by mobster-cum-theatre impresario Al Santana (Coltrane). Disillusioned..."

May 28, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wing Commander

"...space, Roberts' tale of derring-do and sacrifice in the face of insurmountable odds plays like a collision of Run..."

March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

At First Sight

"...week of stress relief, the pair immediately hit it off and before you can say Awakenings, she's convinced him..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Varsity Blues

"...copy of Slaughterhouse Five that's tucked inside the playbook. Off the field, he spars with his football-lovin' dad, hangs..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Separation, La

"...he who should vacate the couple's apartment, and moves off to take up space on Victor's couch. Vincent's film..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Down in the Delta

"...associate. Sensing imminent disaster, Rosa Lynn packs all three off to the old family farm in Mississippi, where she..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

I Went Down

"...Tony Doyle. This refreshing little Irish comedy is an offbeat story about small-time hoods and the mess they've gotten..."

July 3, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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