Film Reviews
Pariah
Adepero Oduye, Kim Wayans, and Aasha Davis star in a film written and directed by Dee Rees.
Dee Rees’s drama about a young lesbian in New York City is a compelling, real-feeling, and deftly made story from the naked city. Read story.
Chronicle
Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, and Alex Russell star in a film written by Max Landis and directed by Josh Trank.
The shaky handicam method proves too gimmicky, and too cliché, for this middle-of-the-road suspense flick. Read story.
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Review of Stacy Peralta's New Documentary About Legendary Skateboard Team
A review of Stacy Peralta's new documentary about legendary skateboard team. Read story.
Albert Nobbs
Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson star in a film written by Close and John Banville, based on the short story The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs by George Moore, and directed by Rodri
Glenn Close masterfully embodies the title role in this story about a 19th century woman who disguises herself as a man. Read story.
Otter 501 Reviewed
A Look at This Semi-Fictionalized Film About Saving Sea Otters
An early look at this SBIFF film about saving sea otters. Read story.
Man on a Ledge
Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, and Jamie Bell star in a film written by Pablo Fenjves and directed by Asger Leth.
Sam Worthington stars in this clumsy knockoff of a great 1955 heist film. Read story.
Haywire
Gina Carano, Michael Douglas, and Michael Fassbender star in a film written by Lem Dobbs and directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Gina Carano stars as a butt-kicking, justice-seeking femme fatale in Steven Soderbergh’s latest big-budget caper. Read story.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, and Sandra Bullock star in a film written by Eric Roth, based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer and directed by Stephen Daldry.
Stephen Dalrdy directs this ambitious but ultimately fumbling adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel about 9/11. Read story.
Carnage
Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, and John C. Reilly star in a film written by Yasmina Reza and Roman Polanski, based on the stage play The God of Carnage by Reza, and directed by Polanski.
Christoph Watlz and Kate Winslet star in Roman Polanski’s latest cinematic endeavor about two sets of parents brought together by their children’s scuffle. Read story.
The Iron Lady
Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent star in a film written by Abi Morgan and directed by Phyllida Lloyd.
Meryl Streep delivers another powerful performance in this biopic about Margaret Thatcher. Read story.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, and John Hurt star in a film written by Peter Straughan and the late Bridget O'Connor, based on the novel by John Le Carré, and directed by Tomas Alfredson.
This big screen adaptation of John Le Carré's complex spy novel is too dizzyingly convoluted for its own good. Read story.
The Devil Inside
Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, and Evan Helmuth star in a film written by William Brent Bell and Matthew Peterman, and directed by Bell.
This trashy but entertaining horror flick proves a worthy new take on the exorcism genre. Read story.
War Horse
Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, and Peter Mullan star in a film written by Richard Curtis and Lee Hall, based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, and directed by Steven Spielberg.
Steven Spielberg delivers a thrilling, albeit shamelessly sentimental family-minded epic. Read story.
Shame
Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, and Lucy Walters star in a film written and directed by Steve McQueen.
Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan stars in this graphic tale of a sex-obsessed New Yorker and his emotionally needy sister. Read story.
A Dangerous Method
Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, and Viggo Mortensen star in a film written by Christopher Hampton, based on his stageplay and the book by John Kerr, and directed by David Cronenberg.
David Cronenberg directs this tense, if slightly problematic, look at the relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud. Read story.
Previous Month
