The Past

Another masterstroke from Asghar Farhadi, The Past begins as a domestic drama and stealthily evolves into a kind of thriller.

"...but she isn’t the only one who’s been keeping secrets...."

Jan. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pain & Gain

One of the dirty secrets of modern American filmmaking is what a skilled director Michael Bay really is.

"...One of the dirty secrets of modern American filmmaking is what a skilled director..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Company You Keep

Members of the Weather Underground resurface in this contemporary thriller directed by Robert Redford.

"...closing in on some of the attorney’s deep, dark secrets. (You can imagine if this were 35 years ago,..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ek Tha Tiger

Bollywood romantic thriller.

"...code-named Tiger, investigates a scientist suspected of selling nuclear secrets to Pakistan. While on the mission, he falls in..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Debt

Helen Mirren stars in this film that's part espionage thriller and part moral meditation, though the emphasis leans more toward the former than the latter.

"...in the post-war decades and the resiliency of buried secrets and their personal weight. The film, however, is burdened..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Incendies

A powerful and eloquent anti-war drama, this French-Canadian film unites the personal with the political in a stunning manner.

"...Gaudette and Rémy Girard. In this French-Canadian epic, the secrets of a mother who was emotionally distant and not..."

June 3, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thank You

In this Bollywood romantic comedy, cheating husbands try to keep their secrets from a private detective and their wives.

"...Bollywood romantic comedy, cheating husbands try to keep their secrets from the private detective hired by one of their..."

April 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red Hill

Genuine passion for the Western genre is displayed in this Australian take on High Noon that stars True Blood's Ryan Kwanten.

"...they look like they're preparing for all-out war. Dark secrets run deep in small towns, and when, in the..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Farewell

Loosely based on historic events surrounding the end of the Cold War, this French espionage film shows how some spies are just regular folks.

"...businessman based in Moscow, becomes the unlikely courier of secrets to the West provided to him by Sergei Grigoriev..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cove

This marvelously made agitprop documentary exposes the dark secrets that underpin the world’s dolphin mania.

"...constant state of happiness. The Cove exposes the dark secrets that underpin the world’s dolphin mania, whether it’s our..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Easy Virtue

In this adaptation of an early Noël Coward play, Jessica Biel is the American newcomer whose brash attitudes disrupt the British decorum of her new mother-in-law (Kristin Scott Thomas).

"...unperturbable comfort zone while back in the metaphorical womb. Secrets unfurl, and things gradually build to a crescendo in..."

June 19, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nothing Like the Holidays

This Christmas-themed movie centers on a family gathering in Chicago's Humboldt Park, a predominantly Puerto Rican section of the city.

"...Chicago over the holidays. The steady stream of confrontations, secrets, and other little dramas jam-pack the movie’s script (three..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Unaccompanied Minors

Calling John Hughes: Former Freaks and Geekster Paul Feig has got your number.

"...from Bad Santa). They run amok, create havoc, share secrets, and plug Sharper Image products – all without terribly..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chrystal

Billy Bob Thornton plays an Arkansas husband who attempts to redeem himself after critically injuring his wife and killing their son in a car accident four years earlier.

"...painfully restrained – a quiet man burdened by his secrets – and gives generously to Blount. Hers is the..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Human Stain

Despite some terrific moments, Philip Roth's words fail to stick to the screen.

"...life took. The Human Stain is built largely on secrets, and the one revealed in flashback is a whopper...."

Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lantana

Lantana is an unconventional suspense film that succeeds on a smaller, more intimate scale. The avoidance of deus-ex-machina plot twists and the reliance upon tension generated by interpersonal situations drives the film. – Marrit Ingman

"...subsequent re-editing of his 1985 release, Bliss), symbolizing the secrets and lies that lurk beneath the placid surfaces of..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Spriggan

"...superspy out to defend the world's most guarded archaeological secrets from evil Americans has to be seen to be..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Jay Hardwig

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

This martial arts film succeeds as a great pulp yarn, a historical drama, an epic love story, a humorous action tale, and a modern feminist fable.

"...impending marriage and its social restrictions fuel her private secrets. Also lending their talents to Crouching Tiger are wizard..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The General's Daughter

"...rectitude is ripped asunder, exposing -- gasp! -- unspeakable secrets lurking beneath that immaculate surface. (Jeez, after A Few..."

June 26, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Metroland

"...press time. Christian Bale (Velvet Goldmine) and Lee Ross (Secrets & Lies) star in the story of two London..."

May 28, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spike & Mike's 1999 Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation

"...point is Bob McAfee's “Hey Fhuk Yew Tu: The Secrets of Flirting,” in which a lone stick figure fellow..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Happiness

Solondz uncovers suburbia's dirty secrets.

"...contemporary political landscape that suggests that everyone has dirty secrets lurking behind their placid public exteriors. Happiness, in all..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Career Girls

"...selves. In this new film by writer-director Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies), Time's alchemy is brought to bear on..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Hard Eight

Bolstered by terrific performances, Anderson's debut film is a small, deceptively complex, mystery about some gamblers and their quasi-filial bonds.

"...is a small, deceptively complex story that yields its secrets and nuances in carefully metered doses. Each new revelation..."

March 21, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Kingdom

"...amusement ride, with ingenious shocks around every corner and secrets buried a mile deep...."

Jan. 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drunken Master

Jackie Chan's kung fu/comedy classic turns a folk legend on its ear.

"...master, an old beggar who teaches Fei Hung the secrets of “drunken boxing,” a fighting style based upon the..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Circle of Friends

"...tells the predictable but nonetheless enchanting tale of friendship, secrets, and sex familiar to anyone who's survived puberty. Benny..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Colin Nutley's House of Angels

"...opera in which we get to see the little secrets that go on behind closed doors. Adultery, pornography, premarital..."

Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Flesh and Bone

"...not so much in terms of giving away its secrets but more in the sense that the movie is..."

Nov. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ballad of Little Jo

"...a servant. These two renegades develop bonds and share secrets that support Bob Dylan's contention that "to live outside..."

Nov. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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