A fun, hair-raising, if rather tardy, outrage-inducing satirical romp by Adam McKay, based on Michael Lewis’ book about the financial…
Let me preface this by saying that the only Star Wars movie I ever saw was the original when it came out. I…
Jennifer Lawrence is the Robert De Niro to David O. Russell’s Martin Scorsese. A muse, a great collaborator, and a splendid actress, she is the main reason to see this unevenly textured comedy about business hardships. Written by Annie Mumolo and Russell, it chronicles the rise and fall and rise of a woman named Joy…
Laszlo Nemes’ impressive first feature attempts to bypass and even solve the problem that has plagued any fictionalized movie that has…
This might be the film I like best by Alejandro González Iñárritu. It’s a visceral and fantastic western that looks like a fevered dream thanks to Emmanuel Lubezki’s spectacular cinematography. The action sequences are framed in medium shots and close ups, getting us right in the middle of it. The camera…
Adapting Aristophanes’ classic comedy Lysistrata to current day Chicago gang warfare is a great idea. The story of how the women of Sparta…
Another visual delight from Paolo Sorrentino (La Grande Belleza), Youth is really about death and decay and the span of lifetimes. Anchored by a magnificent performance by Michael Caine, it takes place in a luxurious but decrepit spa in the Swiss Alps, where rich and famous people go to take the waters and…
Yes, he can be obvious and a tad overbearing, but Michael Moore returns to form in his latest passionate outburst of unabashed liberalism. The concept is a bit cheesy: he goes to “invade” different countries in Europe and take with him their best social policy ideas to bring back home…
