Dark Phoenix

The X-Men finally leave the silver screen with a story they already told

"...explosion would never have happened without 20th Century Fox's X-Men. It's hard to remember now, but in 2000 the..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The New Mutants

The last of the X-Men finally get to the screen

"...entry in the Fox era of adaptations of Marvel's X-Men comics. There's that of the filmwatcher, who goes in..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Chevalier

The latest playful foray from the Greek filmmaking avant-garde

"...well be Homer’s lost epic about Odysseus and his men, playfully captioned “Even Odder a’Sea.” Or maybe the film..."

June 17, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Mom

More men are taking time off from work to enjoy fatherhood

"...Frank's wife Melba Delgado, a first-grade teacher at Allison Elementary School. From Delgado to the prime minister of Great..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Get on the Bus

"...that so galvanized the hearts and minds of African-American men. The movie focuses not on the event itself but..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ladrones

Comic Mexican caper draws weight from its historical slant

"...Directed by: Joe Menéndez. Starring: Fernando Colunga, Eduardo Yáñez, Jessica Lindsey, Cristina Rodlo,..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pressing the Flesh

The world's leading adult toy manufacturer for men wants to take the stigma out of sex

"...the Fleshlight, the world's most successful sex toy for men, which simulates a human vagina, mouth, or butt in..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Restrepo

This documentary, which chronicles the 15-month deployment in Afghanistan of about a dozen U.S. soldiers, is an example of photojournalism at its finest.

"...at its finest. The film chronicles the grueling 15-month deployment in Afghanistan of about a dozen U.S. soldiers of..."

July 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Flame & Citron

In this Danish film, two men track down and kill Nazi collaborators in the waning days of the German occupation.

"...the German occupation) and the fragile, errant swing of men's moral compasses during the insidious, roiling fog of war..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Zodiac

The director of Fight Club and Se7en switches gears here from psychological thrillers to something that more closely resembles a police procedural.

"...Fincher’s film places its primary focus on the four men whose lives were forever altered by their pursuit of..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hate Crimes Debate

Murders of Gay Men Cause Concern

"...that he had cashed that day. Saldaña, 32, was mentally disabled as a result of an automobile accident 14..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature by Amy Smith

About AIDS

World AIDS Day: Men make a difference

"...Day, December 1, will focus on the role of men in spreading HIV, with the theme "I Care ......"

Nov. 30, 2001 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Licensed to Kill

"...Under Fire), a onetime victim of gay-bashing whose rigorously unsentimental documentary gives seven murderers of homosexual men a chance..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Mein Krieg

"...view. Mein Krieg (My Private War) is an extraordinary documentary consisting of film footage shot by six separate German..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Okoge

"...middle of an exclusively gay male beach surrounded by men of all shapes, sizes and ages in various states..."

July 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Grabbers

Men are not at all civil

"...68 years of age. Considered attractive and physically fit. Men are not at all civil. They seem to think..."

April 14, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

All That Breathes

The struggle by three men to save the endangered black kite

"...numbers due to the exponential increase in pollution. Three men there have made it their mission to rescue grounded..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

Texas-set comedy riffs on Lysistrata

"...in his grave. His timeless Lysistrata, a comedy about women who withhold sex from their men until they give..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Land Ho!

This buddy comedy travels all the way to Reykjavik – but does it actually go anywhere?

"...The Trip and The Trip to Italy, which featured funnymen pals, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. It’s enough to..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Act of Killing

In this disturbing documentary, former Indonesian death-squad leaders boastfully reenact their real-life mass killings with touches inspired by their favorite movies.

"...the victors,” observed Winston Churchill. However, in this canny documentary, Churchill’s truism gets a makeover. The Act of Killing..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

12

Essentially a Russianized version of the courtroom drama 12 Angry Men, 12 is a moral powerhouse that's both intellectually riveting and indescribably poetic.

"...of Sidney Lumet's masterful 1957 courtroom drama, 12 Angry Men, which was itself a remake of a live television..."

April 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jindabyne

The Australian director of Lantana returns to similar psychological terrain with this drama based on a Raymond Carver short story and starring the fantastic Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne.

"...small tear in that cloth can start the complete dishevelment of the relationship. Jindabyne, however, never manages to get..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sideways

A sophisticated date movie about male midlife malcontents and the women who love them, from the director of Election.

"...sophisticated date movie about male midlife malcontents and the women who love them. And there is nothing wrong with..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Talk to Her

Gone, with one major exception, are the delicious hysterics of Almodóvar's earlier works; Talk to Her is a mostly restrained, though by no means unemotional, work about two men in love with comatose women.

"...that he is overwhelmed with the beauty of these moments and can’t help but cry in the face of..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hearts in Atlantis

"...deals only with the book's first quarter -- “Low Men in Yellow Coats” -- in which adolescent Bobby (Yelchin)..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Whipped

"...man whose vocabulary doesn't include big words like “emotional commitment.” In this case, we've got three such men, friends..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Beau Travail

Claire Denis' deceptively dreamlike film about a French Foreign Legionnaire in Northern Africa

"...sun. Their sinewy bodies are a choreography of muscular movement as they exercise and perform their drills. They go..."

July 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Your Friends & Neighbors

"...Neil LaBute's audacious debut film, In the Company of Men, is a tough act to follow, the writer-director's sophomore..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Some Secret Grotto

Men don't fear commitment

"...talk about their feelings and their yearning for long-term commitment?..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

A War

Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film is a complex morality tale

"...that eschews melodrama, yet is loaded with haunting human moments and circumstances. Yes, it’s another war film set in..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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