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  • Safe House

    By Karina Longworth

    "He's sooo hot," the woman sitting next to me at the screening of Safe House sighed to her friend as the film's opening images of Ryan Reynolds... More >>

  • Oscar Shorts

    By Tim Grierson

    This year's Academy Award-nominated shorts offer a little something for every viewing temperament — though some categories require sitting... More >>

  • Paul Goodman Changed My Life

    By Mark Holcomb

    As bluntly humanist and free-ranging as its subject, this brisk take on the life of poet, sociologist, educator, psychologist, and general... More >>

  • Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

    By Melissa Anderson

    Its production design inspired by Yes album covers and Candy Land, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island continues the weak Jules Verne-inspired... More >>

  • Chronicle

    By Aaron Hillis

    In our status-updated, YouTubed, and retweeted age of self-documentation, does the "faux-found-footage" genre — popularized by The Blair... More >>

  • Liam Neeson

    By Eric Hynes

    Halfway through last year's rough-and-tumble thriller Unknown, assassins come calling for a man who's suffering from amnesia (Liam Neeson). All... More >>

  • The Conquest

    By Melissa Anderson

    A brisk, fascinating chronicle of a pre-Carla Bruni Nicolas Sarkozy that time-shifts from May 6, 2007 — the day he was both elected... More >>

  • Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

    By Aaron Hillis

    In 1982, doc filmmaker Pamela Yates traveled to Guatemala to capture both sides of the then-raging civil war, in which the despotic regime of... More >>

  • Man on a Ledge

    By Brian Miller

    The hero of the red-herring heist flick Man on a Ledge draws two reactions from the Manhattan throng beneath his 21st-floor perch on a midtown... More >>

  • Tomboy

    By Melissa Anderson

    A sensitive portrait of childhood just before pubescence — when bodies and identities are still fluid — Tomboy astutely explores the... More >>

  • A Separation

    By J. Hoberman

    The fifth feature by Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi, A Separation is an urgently shot courtroom drama designed to put you in the jury... More >>

  • Albert Nobbs

    By Melissa Anderson

    Fulfilling a mission that has consumed her for almost two decades, Glenn Close — as producer, co-writer, and lead — brings to the... More >>

  • Red Tails

    By Mark Holcomb

    The kind of World War II movie Hollywood wouldn't touch during WWII, this unapologetically adrenalized take on the exploits of the Tuskegee... More >>

  • The City Dark

    By Eric Hynes

    Adhering to the brand of bad faith agitprop that views — and damns — the world through a chosen narrow lens, The City Dark mounts a... More >>

  • The Grey

    By Brian Miller

    I was told there would be more wolf-punching. If you crash Liam Neeson and six disposable buddies in the frozen Alaskan wilderness, there is the... More >>

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<i>Safe House</i>: Ryan Reynolds's bod is the asset in this men-on-the-run thriller Safe House: Ryan Reynolds's bod is the asset in this men-on-the-run thriller
By Karina Longworth

"He's sooo hot," the woman sitting next to me at the screening of Safe House sighed to her friend as the film's opening images of Ryan Reynolds working out flashed… More >>

Oscar shorts at Miami Beach Cinematheque and Bill Cosford Cinema Oscar shorts at Miami Beach Cinematheque and Bill Cosford Cinema
By Tim Grierson

This year's Academy Award-nominated shorts offer a little something for every viewing temperament — though some categories require sitting through a lot of mediocre to get to the good. Of the… More >>

<i>Paul Goodman Changed My Life</i> at Bill Cosford Cinema February 10 and 11 Paul Goodman Changed My Life at Bill Cosford Cinema February 10 and 11
By Mark Holcomb

As bluntly humanist and free-ranging as its subject, this brisk take on the life of poet, sociologist, educator, psychologist, and general pain-in-the-ass gadfly Paul Goodman is as much endangered-species doc… More >>

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island: Dwayne Johnson's charm saves this film
By Melissa Anderson

Its production design inspired by Yes album covers and Candy Land, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island continues the weak Jules Verne-inspired adventures of 2008's Journey to the Center of the… More >>

<i>Chronicle</i>: Average teens become superheroes, stay grounded Chronicle: Average teens become superheroes, stay grounded
By Aaron Hillis

In our status-updated, YouTubed, and retweeted age of self-documentation, does the "faux-found-footage" genre — popularized by The Blair Witch Project and vulgarized by the Paranormal Activity franchise and cash-grabbing imitators… More >>

Liam Neeson returns to form playing tough guys in gritty films Liam Neeson returns to form playing tough guys in gritty films
By Eric Hynes

Halfway through last year's rough-and-tumble thriller Unknown, assassins come calling for a man who's suffering from amnesia (Liam Neeson). All of a sudden, he hammers down on his pursuer with… More >>

Sarkozy film <i>The Conquest</i> at MDC's Tower Theater February 3-9 Sarkozy film The Conquest at MDC's Tower Theater February 3-9
By Melissa Anderson

A brisk, fascinating chronicle of a pre-Carla Bruni Nicolas Sarkozy that time-shifts from May 6, 2007 — the day he was both elected president of France and left by his… More >>

<i>Granito: How to Nail a Dictator</i> at the Cosford Cinema Feburary 2 and 3 Granito: How to Nail a Dictator at the Cosford Cinema Feburary 2 and 3
By Aaron Hillis

In 1982, doc filmmaker Pamela Yates traveled to Guatemala to capture both sides of the then-raging civil war, in which the despotic regime of military commander José Efraín Ríos Montt… More >>

<i>Man on a Ledge</i> goes thud Man on a Ledge goes thud
By Brian Miller

The hero of the red-herring heist flick Man on a Ledge draws two reactions from the Manhattan throng beneath his 21st-floor perch on a midtown hotel. The first, of course,… More >>

<i>Tomboy</i> at Miami Beach Cinematheque through February 1 Tomboy at Miami Beach Cinematheque through February 1
By Melissa Anderson

A sensitive portrait of childhood just before pubescence — when bodies and identities are still fluid — Tomboy astutely explores the freedom, however brief, of being untethered to the highly… More >>

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