THE HATEFUL EIGHT Review: “Western Pain”

Quentin Tarantino tests his audience’s patience with a dull, indulgent Western homage.

It takes a good storyteller to leave his audience wanting more. It takes a very special…

Film Review: THE DANISH GIRL

Eddie Redmayne is unforgettable as transgender pioneer Lili Elbe, but Tom Hooper’s painterly film lacks edge and originality.

THE REVENANT Review: “Blood and Ice”

Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s visual poem lacks humanity, but DiCaprio is a compellingly animalistic lead.

Film Review: THE BIG SHORT

Adam McKay’s hyperactive Wall Street drama is impressively unique, but fails to be as engaging as it should be.

Film Review: SPOTLIGHT

Director Tom McCarthy tells an important story truthfully and insightfully in this quiet but affecting drama.

Spotlight, Tom McCarthy’s account of the 2002 Boston Globe investigation into…