Paddington

We extend a big bear hug to Paddington.

"...and xenophobia to what, exactly, it means to be family...."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Top 10 Queer Grrrls of 2013

Here's Sarah Marloff's list of top queer ladies making history in 2013

"...1) MARIA BELLO redefined Modern Family, nationally outted herself as dating a woman, and..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

TV Eye: It Was a Very Good Year

The usual suspects and a few surprises marked a great year on TV

"...widens. Yet this conventional drama about a multigenerational Irish-American family of New York City cops is smart, well-delivered, and..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Kids Are All Right

A grin-cracking great portrait of a modern American family in minor and major crises.

"...Are All Right, a grin-cracking great portrait of a modern American family in minor and then major crises, arrives..."

July 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

Tyler Perry's latest feel-good drama about African-American family relationships scores its best casting with Angela Bassett in the lead, but otherwise falls prey to Perry's slipshod filmmaking technique.

"...a "Tyler Perry film": crass but wholesome stories about modern black family life that mesh comedy, melodrama, and Christian..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Penelope

Christina Ricci and James McAvoy star in this modern-day fairy tale about a girl who's cursed with a pig's snout for a nose but must find true love before the curse can be removed.

"...result of an age-old curse placed on her blue-blood family by an angry witch. Legend has it that until..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Visitor Q

"...maggoty recesses -- a genuinely subversive take on the modern Japanese family, the intrusive nature of the media, and..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Relax … It's Just Sex

"...a boyfriend (Perez) far less enthusiastic about starting a family than she. In fact, conflict seems the only constant..."

June 25, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

This Is My Father

"...handkerchief on my person at all times. This Quinn family production (brother Declan Quinn tackles the cinematography chores, Paul..."

June 18, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Twin Town

"...nihilistic, free-for-all ride through the streets and alleys of modern-day Swansea, South Wales. While at first glance, Twin Town..."

June 20, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Benedict Cumberbatch as the artist who invented the modern cat

"...moving recounting of the man who arguably invented the modern idea of the cat. Not, of course, that cats..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mirai

Delightful anime explores growing up from a kid's viewpoint

"...down. It’s a beautifully realized, intimate examination of a modern Japanese family as seen through the eyes of its..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Only Yesterday

Animated Japanese film about a woman reflecting on her childhood

"...Only Yesterday is Taeko, a twentysomething career office-worker in modern (well, 1991) Tokyo, who takes a holiday to visit..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Place on Earth

A spelunker in the Ukraine turns amateur sleeuth as he tries to make sense of the remnants he finds in a cave: They were left by Jews who hid there from the Nazis.

"...Western Ukraine’s gypsum caves when he unearthed evidence of modern human habitation, including medicine bottles, buttons, and a woman’s..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Sarah's Key

Two parallel stories from different eras intertwine and inform each other in this film based on Tatiana de Rosnay’s best-selling novel.

"...the Holocaust and the other concerns a journalist in modern-day Paris confronting family and professional problems. Both stories are..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

King of California

Michael Douglas plays a wild-eyed dreamer who sways his daughter and friend into digging clandestinely for treasure underneath a California superstore.

"...sprawl, he recruits his daughter into a quest of modern prospecting. Hiking through highways, past Applebees and Petcos, Charlie..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Evan Almighty

Steve Carell's new film is a mild laffer instead of a divine comedy.

"...success. Critical success is even less likely for this modern Noah-and-the-ark story that stars America's current top comic Carell,..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sarkar

Bollywood gangster film honors The Godfather.

"...rather than the visual technique. Realistically set in the modern Mumbai (formerly Bombay) underworld, Sarkar differs from the Bollywood..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Notebook

The love sap flows freely in this movie romance told in retrospect.

"...very best kind – she from a tony Charleston family, he from humbler, mill-worker origins. One summer in North..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Letters at 3AM

Having children used to be necessary for a family's economic survival; in the last century it has instead become a choice.

"...for granted the obvious answer: Children are for the family's, and the community's, survival...."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Russian Ark

This tour de force of modern cinema is a technical feat filmed in one, uninterrupted, Steadicam take that leads us through a vivified tour of Russian history that wends through the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

"...Sokurov’s Russian Ark is a tour de force of modern cinema. This Russian filmmaker, whose resolute commitment to the..."

May 2, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Just Visiting

"...(Clavier, who also co-wrote), who are magically transported to modern-day Chicago. On the eve of his marriage, Thibault falls..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Celebration

"...Could it be the stench of all those Klingenfeldt family skeletons tumbling from the closets during the course of..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Temptress Moon

"...diplomacy. Near Shanghai, at the estate of the Pang family, a young orphan, Zhongliang (Ren), comes to live with..."

July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Free Willy

"...Mykelti Williamson and Keiko. Free Willy is a rousing modern-day fable about hugging whales, overcoming villains in black hats..."

July 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The House of Lepore Brings Ballroom to the Austin Club Scene

The family that slays together …

"...What makes a family? For many in the Texas queer community, family isn't..."

June 23, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

"...and recognition were unmistakable) but the notion of the modern “Amercian” nuclear family caught up in the melting pot..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

High adventure and fun times in an unexpectedly entertaining sequel

"...which no one was asking. 1995's Jumanji is a family classic, forever remembered for pushing the boundaries of CG,..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry

A look into the world of the farmer and activist

"...County, Ky., farmers in their battle to save their family farms from being overtaken by the relentless maw of..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The End of the Tour

Fictional but satisfying portrayal of a David Foster Wallace interview by a Rolling Stone reporter

"...arts and letters has only grown, which has caused family members and other partisans to reject this movie outright,..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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