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A Sundance Playlist

02/06/2010

A pair of 17-year-old protagonists headline our critic's list of noteworthy 2010 Sundance Film Festival offerings.

Toronto's Top Ten

09/21/2009

Among our critic’s favorites at this year’s edition are films featuring strong performances by Edward Norton, Woody Harrelson, Anthony LaPaglia and Sir Michael Caine.

Rewarding Her Festival Faith

09/18/2009

Heading into an event like the Toronto International Film Festival, a reporter always prays for rich thematic strands. Thankfully, this year’s prayer has been answered.

A Sapphic Seyfried

09/16/2009

At the Toronto Film Festival, actress Amanda Seyfried offers up not one but two same-sex narrative detours.

A Trying Triple Bill

09/11/2009

Our reporter kicks off the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival with a disturbing trifecta.

From Austria with Lubricant

07/10/2009

Tackling the slippery slope of a sophomore effort, Sacha Baron Cohen only sometimes manages comedy moments that are truly “niiiiiiiice.”

A Tale of Three "Public Enemies"

07/01/2009

Johnny Depp is the latest actor to tackle the role of John Dillinger. But how does he stack up against the one who really made bank?

A Resplendent "Moon"

01/22/2009

Guided in large part by Michael Light’s photography book Full Moon, the man once known as “Zowie Bowie” has fashioned a “wowie” of a debut.

Top Ten Femme Fatales

12/27/2008

Here are the actresses who, in 2008, most successfully used their seductive onscreen charms to compromise members of the opposite sex.

When Sparks Fly

09/26/2008

With a fourth Hollywood adaptation hitting screens this weekend and a fifth on the way in 2009, author Nicholas Sparks appears set to add two more critically panned and commercially successful films to his name.

A Dizzying Dozen

09/19/2008

Multiply McCain, Obama and Nader times four and you get the number of fall choices awaiting citizens of the cinema this weekend.

Ted and Alan Make a Porno

09/12/2008

Producer Ted Hope and writer-director Alan Ball have inadvertently adapted Alicia Erian’s novel Towelhead into a pervert’s wet dream.

The "Shawshank" Replication

08/22/2008

The similarities of Death Race to a certain 1994 Best Picture nominee make the Legally Blonde flavorings of The House Bunny look like a boob job.

Something Rotten in Park City

08/22/2008

For our critic, sitting through the $10 million Sundance acquisition Hamlet 2 was the equivalent of suffering the slings and arrows of (an) outrageous fortune.

Ben Holds Five

08/15/2008

The hardest working sexagenarian in British show business has essentially morphed into his country’s version of Morgan Freeman.

A May-December Tap Dance

08/08/2008

Though Elegy has all the makings of one of those preposterous older man-younger woman Hollywood romances, it has been turned into so much more by a Brit and two Spaniards.

Good Golly Miss Molly

08/01/2008

A decade and a half after child actor T.J. Lowther tore it up opposite Kevin Costner in A Perfect World, another formidable pint-sized performer has come along to rock the Oscar winner’s world.

The 20th Century Fox "Files"

07/25/2008

Another weekend, another News Corp. mainstream offering fastidiously kept on the down low. But in this case, it might actually backfire.

The Cracked Crusader

07/23/2008

Lurking beneath the chic business attire of Gotham City’s mayor is The Dark Knight ’s wonkiest superhero.

Licensed to Shrill

07/21/2008

Many things in the ABBA Broadway musical film adaptation had our critic muttering ‘Mamma Mia!’ to herself, but none more so than Pierce Brosnan’s leaky larynx.