Film
Seedy Roam
‘Brighton Rock,’ adapted from the 1938 Graham Greene novel, has a poetic subject for the camera. It doesn’t disappoint on the level of poetry, but the literalness is hard to credit.
read moreBoxed In
Two brothers square off in ‘Warrior,’ while Nick Nolte trains by devouring whole hams
read moreConcierge
Josiane belasko brings a dose of charisma to the new French feature 'The Hedgehog'
read moreSpeed Merchant
A new documentary burnishes the already shiny reputation of Brazilian racing hero Ayrton Senna
read moreFast and Befuddled
'Bellflower' charts the meandering course of new gearheads in Los Angeles
read moreAnnual Bliss
Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturges see their future together in one-year increments in 'One Day.'
read moreForgotten War
John Sayles’s 'Amigo' shows how foreign wars against insurgents can go wrong time and again
read moreThe Prisoner of Baghdad
Lee Tamahori’s ‘The Devil’s Double’ examines the horror show that was Saddam’s Iraq
read moreThe Maids
Screen adaptation of bestselling novel ‘The Help’ looks at race relations in ’60s South
read moreRomping Room
France is a hotbed of cheerful sexual politics in Michel Leclerc’s ‘The Names of Love.’
read moreSita’s Side
Nina Paley’s animated film ‘Sita Sings the Blues’ gives a new twist to the Ramayana.
read moreTaken
Dictates of class and wealth undercut the usual procedural morality of a kidnapping tale in ‘Rapt’
read moreThe Yiddish Twain
The documentary ‘Sholom Alice: Laughing in the Darkness’ is the standout feature at the South Bay wing of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
read moreHard Times
Oliver Schmitz’s ‘Life, Above All’ takes a sobering look at a young African girl’s survival tactics.
read moreScandal Sheets
The new Errol Morris documentary, Tabloid, is salty and strangely lighthearted in its investigation of a famed sex scandal of the 1970s.
read moreHogwarts at the Movies
Like the Bond series, the Potter movies ride a roller-coaster of quality.
read moreRobots at Bay
Michael Bay's 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' is helped by the use of effective 3-D—but nothing can help the plot.
read moreBucking the System
Every really good teacher is, in part, a performer. And Buck Brannaman, horse whisperer, never lets his mask slip in the excellent documentary.
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