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Olivier Assayas’ hazy memory piece leaves a lasting mark.
The American title of Olivier Assayas’ hazy memory piece portends great things to come, but in the original French, Après Mai (“After May”), it’s clear they’ve already happened...
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An old-fashioned seafaring yarn that doesn’t let the truth get in the way of a few good archetypes
Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 expedition across the Pacific on a balsa-wood raft never quite settled the point he set out to make...
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A father-son conflict plays out against the shifting landscape of the Plains states
As bold an attempt at rewriting American myth as The Place Beyond the Pines, Ramin Bahrani’s broadly drawn fable is also a substantially more foolhardy one...
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The latest Star Trek flick relies too heavily on slick action sequences and not enough on the excellent cast.
Star Trek Into Darkness is a disappointment but not an unwatchable one...
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Rounding up this week's one-off movie screenings
Billie Holiday sings the blues, Sir Paul expects you to pay to relive your youth and more.
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Baz Luhrmann glitzes up Fitzgerald's classic almost to fault
If you’re one to chide Baz Luhrmann for overkill, then you probably also finger-wag frogs for being amphibious...
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A vampire flick more about artistry than gore
The daughter of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands, writer-director Xan Cassavetes has underground and art cinema in her blood...
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Salman Rushdie's mythic magical-realism gets lost in translation
“Unfilmable” is an increasingly popular buzz word in today’s adaptation game...
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An excessive horror flick with an aptitude for killing its characters in creative ways
To reveal whether there is truth in titling would spoil the ending of the lean, mean and very bloody thriller...
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Rounding up this week's one-off movie screenings
Diane Lane goes punk-rock, Rock Hudson goes on a killing spree and more.
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