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Ruben Fleischer and Jesse Eisenberg pull the trigger on Double Tap

"...cash in. Too late, and no one remembers the original. So how did director Ruben Fleischer know when it..."

Oct. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Certified Copy

Juliette Binoche stars in this romantic drama about the value of originality by Abbas Kiarostami.

"...copies do not have the same value as the originals and whether anything within the human purview can be..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brick

Brick transfers Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled universe to the modern high school campus with nary a clue that more than a half-century has passed since the Continental Op’s heyday.

"...since the Continental Op’s heyday. Writer-director Johnson provides an original way to look at the world of high school..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Farewell My Concubine

"...in its homeland by Chinese authorities, Chen Kaige's epic drama has emerged a winner on the international circuit. This..."

Dec. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Terminator: Dark Fate

Sarah Connor and the T-800 remain the best components of SF franchise

"...Terminator films since a deleted scene in the 1984 original, and now here comes the latest attempt to write..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

CODA

Bawdy, touching and exhilarating fishing family drama takes a different look at deafness

"...In sweet, funny, and rudely charming coming-of-age comedy drama CODA, three-quarters of the Rossi family are defined by..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Lion King

Can you feel the shrug tonight?

"...Ever hear a cover version that's longer than the original? There's something audacious about a band that thinks it..."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Thunder Soul

Thunder Soul tells the story of the Kashmere Stage Band, and before the film is through this high school band you’ve never heard of will have earned a top spot on your personal hit parade.

"...pervasive jazz rhythms to create something thoroughly funky and original...."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hands on a Hard Body

Unpretentious insight into the nature of human aspiration can be found in Bindler's documentary about the yearly contest in which Jack Long Nissan of Longview, Texas, gives a new hard body pickup to whomever can keep his or her hands on it the longest.

"...-- commentary. (“It's absurd, very absurd… it's a human drama thang.” “I'm gonna just wait out the night and..."

July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Hoffa

"...composite character) disappoints in his move from comedic to dramatic director. Nothing about his likable farces Throw Mama From..."

Dec. 25, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

This spell isn't as bewitching the second time around

"...perfect, glimpse at a live-action Maleficent, one of the original Disney villains from Sleeping Beauty. In the budding era..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff

Footloose

Finally, a remake that’s not a just a mindless retread.

"...Craig Brewer’s Footloose manages to update the popular 1984 original for a new generation without complete pandering to the..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

McQueen

The triumphs and tragedies of the late bad boy of British fashion

"...ears. The effect is brooding and provocative. It’s pure drama. It’s perfectly Alexander McQueen...."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Embrace of the Serpent

Scientists and an Amazonian shaman interact in this unique film

"...This Colombian drama that travels into the heart of the Amazon is..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Monsters

In this startlingly original indie film, a road trip combines with an alien invasion to remind us of our ageless fear of otherness.

"...Kiss). Forget the title: Monsters is a very human drama, and a forgiving one, at that. Nobody here –..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Call of the Wild

David Michôd on the unlikely roots of his Aussie crime drama, Animal Kingdom

"...If the new Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom doesn't set your heart racing, your palms..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A History of Violence

Cronenberg's new horror film implicitly tackles the old question of nature vs. nurture: What are we born with and what do we acquire from our environment?

"...inexplicable creepie-crawlies scurrying about and more like a human drama colored blood red by the intrusion of inexplicable violence...."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brothers

This psychological drama from Denmark is interesting and well-performed, but it's no Cain and Abel.

"...her previous film, Open Hearts, Brothers is a psychological drama minus the psychology, and is based on a story..."

June 3, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hamlet

You have to admire Michael Almereyda's contemporary rendition of Shakespeare's Hamlet if for no other reason than its audacity in staging one of the passive prince's timeless soliloquies in the Action aisle of his local Blockbuster. “Go Home Happy,” chirps the store banner in the background.

"...is smart and feisty, keeping the heart of the drama intact while excising sizable portions of the original's dialogue...."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Emperor: Director's Cut

"...cut adds 58 minutes on to Bertolucci's magnificent 1987 original. At the time of its initial release, The Last..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ma Vie en Rose

This Belgian film is a warm, startling, funny, and realistic study of what happens when a 7-year-old boy is convinced, beyond all reason and outward evidence to the contrary, that he is really a girl.

"...Thivisol). Part social realism, part human comedy, part family drama, and part storybook fantasy, Ma Vie en Rose is..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Good Will Hunting

"...much that Van Sant loses sight of the film's original intentions. Part character study, part redemptive drama, and all..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eve's Bayou

Actress-turned-first-time director Lemmons unravels a spellbinding tale that blends Southern Gothic magical realism and disturbing family drama.

"...that blends Southern Gothic magical realism and disturbing family drama with the flair of a born storytelling genius. Lemmons'..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

A Thousand Acres

"...which Moorhouse undermines the conventions of the heartland family drama. Dreamy early images of ripening grain and Robards' noble,..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Star Maps

"...father to son. Star Maps is the kind of original filmmaking debut that's sure to be noticed. For all..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Substance of Fire

"...be why Isaac Geldhart, the publisher protagonist of this drama by Jon Robin Baitz, is doomed. He won't bend,..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Set It Off

This action-heist drama about four young African-American women from L.A.'s housing projects is as much a story about friendship as a story about crime.

"...bank robbers you find yourself rooting for. This action-heist drama about four young African-American women from L.A.'s housing projects..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lover of the Last Empress

"...opts to cop the style of Tsui Hark's period melodramas. The plot casts Yau as a shy young woman..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Heavenly Creatures

This early film by Jackson is a startling genre-bender that combines drama, comedy, fantasy, romance, and horror in a story about the friendship between two schoolgirls.

"...occasionally brilliant genre-bender that, while nigh impossible to pigeonhole (drama, comedy, fantasy, romance, and horror are all given equal..."

Dec. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Spanking the Monkey

"...at the surgeon general's office. Sucked into the comic drama of his dysfunctional suburban family's life, Ray's summer plans..."

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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