The Girl on the Train

Another girl gone in this tedious adaptation

"...Taylor. Starring: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Edgar Ramírez, Laura Prepon, Allison Janney and..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Girl

David Riker's indie drama stars Abbie Cornish as a Texas woman, who finds maturity while smuggling Mexicans across the border.

"...In The Girl, writer/director David Riker returns to many of the..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Girl

"...Directed by: Sande Zeig. Starring: Claire Keim, Agathe De La Boulaye, Cyril Lecomte, Sandra N'Kake and Ronald..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

God Help the Girl

Belle & Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch's first film is a charming movie musical in the key of Mod.

"...Saudade was the word I was grasping for while watching God Help..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

The third book of Stieg Larsson's addictive Swedish trilogy is now onscreen.

"...amid much speculation and consternation, was finally named as the luckless actor cast to play Lisbeth Salander, the heroine..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Girl Next Door

"...wanted to please. So it was no surprise that the sweet thang from Tulsa, Oklahoma, turned out like she..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

TV Review: ‘The Girl’

HBO Film examines Hitchcock's obsession with Tippi Hedren

"...In the new HBO film The Girl, a troubled figure of..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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.

"...Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber and Sven-Bertil Taube. The past is a charnel pit with perversities and systemic..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Girl Who Played With Fire

The world's favorite bisexual, black-leathered, dragon-tatted, hog-riding hacker is back in action.

"...fire" may be misleading, playfulness not being one of the leading characteristics of Lisbeth Salander, the black-leathered, dragon-tatted, hog-riding..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Girl From Monaco

This French film is equal parts sex farce, Mai-Decembre romance, middle-aged white male fantasy, and wannabe Hitchockian intrigue.

"...Alexandre Steiger. It's impossible to say with any assurance whether The Girl From Monaco is incredibly subtle or simply..."

July 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film: Stuart Murdoch and 'God Help the Girl'

Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch talks about his directorial debut

"...& Sebastian singer Stuart Murdoch has been working on the God Help the Girl project for nearly 10 years...."

March 15, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

The Girl Next Door

Surprise! The girl next door is an ex-porn star.

"...teen sex comedy that exceeds its navel-gazing marketing campaign, The Girl Next Door is also a fairly accurate reflection..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Girl in the Spider's Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story

Lisbeth Salander is back, and now she's James Bond

"...Lisbeth Salander is one of the more fascinating characters in recent fiction. Created by Swedish..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Fantastic Fest Review: The Girl With All the Gifts

A post-apocalyptic world that really grows on (or in) you

"...fate as ghastly as that suffered by ants at the mercies of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. That's a fungus that grows..."

Sept. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Girl Can't Help It

"...and Edmond O’Brien. Tashlin demonstrated an innate knowledge of the capacities offered by the CinemaScope canvas, no doubt the..."

May 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: Zach Theatre's The Girl Who Became Legend

World premiere of epic Americana folktale delights young and old

"...witnessed and some of us are living proof of the graying of the performing arts audience, the result of..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

'The Girl With Time in Her Eyes'

Hidden Room Theatre lets SXSW Interactive play with time travel

"...– and by "play," I mean literally a play. The Hidden Room Theatre, which took part in a panel..."

March 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Everything but the Girl

Roadkill

"...dead end a couple of years ago, Everything but the Girl pulled off a facelift of Michael Jackson proportions...."

Nov. 22, 1996 Music Feature

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Rooney Mara completely nails the role of Lisbeth Salander, and director David Fincher is no slouch either in this perhaps unnecessary remake of the Swedish thriller.

"...Rooney Mara nails it, completely. That was the big question/worry regarding David Fincher's (slightly) Americanized adaptation of..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Girl Who Believes in Miracles

God turns up in a small town. Much like UFOs in the Nineties.

"...Evangelical cinema strikes again, as God uses a small girl to heal the sick. Easier than getting universal health..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review

The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"...eye-popping stories to tell. She blazed trails by blurring the distinctions between black and white music communities, and not..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Girl on the Bridge

"...Vanessa Paradis, Claude Aufaure, Bertie Cortez and Giorgios Gatzios. Girl on the Bridge is a film about luck and..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The White Balloon

"...crowd-pleaser. This first feature by Jafar Panahi won both the Camera d'Or and the International Critics' Prize at Cannes..."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

His Girl Friday

"...Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell and Ralph Bellamy. His Girl Friday (as well as The Awful Truth) highlights Cary..."

June 9, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Into the Woods With Fede Alvarez

Director talks rebuilding Lisbeth Salander as a fairy tale

"...No one would ever confuse Lisbeth Salander, the eponymous girl with the dragon tattoo of the successful..."

Nov. 8, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Journey of August King

"...a young, white, widowed farmer who lives alone in the mountains of North Carolina in the early decades of..."

May 17, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Professional

Enigmatic hitman becomes unlikely caretaker of and mentor to the girl next door. The film features wonderful performances and lots of visual panache.

"...his American debut, French director Besson (La Femme Nikita, The Big Blue) gives us what at first appears to..."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Baxter

Director Showalter (Comedy Central's Stella) misses a terrific opportunity to pull back the curtain on "the other guy" – the Baxter is the lead man's second fiddle in your standard romantic comedy – and ends up making a pretty good case for why the sad sack never gets the girl.

"...Showalter. Starring: Michael Showalter, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux, Zak Orth, Michael Ian Black, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Peter..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

A madcap animated ramble through Kyoto's drinking district

"...it all turns into a big, fun adventure? That's the entirety of the plot of the awkwardly and inaccurately..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

On the Line

"...Kevin, a Windy City ad exec who meets a girl (Chriqui) on the El train one day, flirts with..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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