Hot-topic-ridden films had this year's Sundance all abuzz.
Posted 02/09/2012
The Sundance Film Festival likes to say it's all about the films, but as with any institution, it's also about power. Careers are born there, deals made and stars ignited in a rush of excitement that often proves impossible to recapture.
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City Paper Grade: C+
Posted 02/09/2012
The action-flick equivalent of a high five that hurts your hand, Safe House confirms two things we already know — 1) Denzel Washington is still capable of taking over a movie; and 2) Ryan Reynolds, try as he might, is not legit leading man material.
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City Paper Grade: C+
Posted 02/09/2012
It's easy to see why Madonna would be fascinated by Wallis Simpson, the woman for whom Britain's King Edward VIII gave up his throne.
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City Paper Grade: B
Posted 02/08/2012
Each of the Oscar-buzzed live-action shorts has something to do with time, its elusiveness and ineluctable demands.
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City Paper Grade: B+
Posted 02/08/2012
This year's nominations for best animated short range from heartwarming to slightly strange.
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City Paper Grade: C+
Posted 02/09/2012
Having proven their date-night pandering mettle with Valentine's Day, the screenwriting team of Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein step in with this mawkish amnesia weepie.
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Posted 02/09/2012
AMBLER THEATER 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-345-7855, amblertheater.org. Into the Abyss (2011, U.S., 106 min.): The latest offering from quirky documentarian...
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Sat., Feb. 11, 5 (Baillie) and 8 p.m. (Strand), $9 each show, International House, 3701 Chestnut St.
Posted 02/09/2012
International House's program, curated by Irina Leimbacher, pays tribute to Baillie and Strand with separate shorts programs devoted to each filmmaker's work.
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Tue., Feb. 14, 7 p.m., $10, Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
Posted 02/09/2012
Valentine's Day inspires no shortage of sarcastic backlash celebrations, but this year there's no more perverse way to celebrate the hearts-and-candy holiday than with BMFI's screening of In a Lonely Place.
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City Paper Grade: B
Posted 02/04/2012
James Watkins must have filled his camera with sea glass to achieve the pouting grays and blues dominating his righteously frightening adaptation of Susan Hill's ever-fertile suspense novel.
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