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Review: I Wish

The estrangement of two brothers
Two elementary school brothers living in southern Japan are forced to live in different cities due to the estrangement of their parents.

By: GERALD PEARY | May 22, 2012

Review: Men In Black 3

Infinite possiblities
Griffin (Michael Stuhlbarg), a fifth dimensional alien, can see the infinite possibilities each moment possesses and the infinite contingencies that caused it to happen.

By: PETER KEOUGH | May 24, 2012

Maïwenn's third feature film
The third feature by French actress and filmmaker Maïwenn, about the inner-workings of Paris's Child Protection Unit (CPU), is certainly kinetic, though also mannered and hyperbolic.

By: PATRICK Z. MCGAVIN | May 24, 2012

Review: Where Do We Go Now?

Nadine Labaki's whimsical film
Lebanese director Nadine Labaki's whimsical film about internecine slaughter has a tone problem from the very start: a group of widows engage in a goofy line dance while the voiceover narrator bewails the death toll of religious warfare.

By: PETER KEOUGH | May 22, 2012

Review: Bernie

Everybody loves Bernie
So beloved was Bernie that when he shot his elderly companion Marjorie Nugent, the meanest — and richest — woman in town, district attorney Danny Buck Davidson had to move the trial nearly 50 miles away.

By: ANN LEWINSON | May 15, 2012

Review: Battleship

Why not?
Hasbro's Transformers have made a mint; why not make a movie out of Battleship ?

By: ANN LEWINSON | May 18, 2012

Review: Darling Companion

Pedestrian and insulting
As pedestrian as a stroll through the dog park, Lawrence Kasdan's latest (and worst) film is both insulting and inconsequential.

By: JAKE MULLIGAN | May 15, 2012

Review: God Bless America

Bobcat Goldthwait tackles vapid celebrity culture
The latest dark comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait tackles both vapid celebrity culture ( i.e. , Paris Hilton, the Kardashians, and American Idol ) and the indignity of being an office drone.

By: TOM MEEK | May 17, 2012

Review: Mansome

Morgan Spurlock's latest documentary
Morgan Spurlock's latest nonthreatening documentary fails to find much point in its subject: men's grooming.

By: MONICA CASTILLO | May 15, 2012

Review: The Dictator

Surprisingly sweet
Though his PR campaign might suggest otherwise, Sacha Baron Cohen has actually made (with director Larry Charles) a sweet movie, not unlike Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator , if less sentimental.

By: PETER KEOUGH | May 16, 2012

Review: The Hunter

Weird and motley
Apparently extinct since the 1930s, the Tasmanian Tiger resembled an uncanny assortment of mismatched parts from other animals. Daniel Nettheim's film is equally weird and motley.

By: PETER KEOUGH | May 17, 2012

What to Expect When You're Expecting

Expect a lot of silliness
What should you expect from Hollywood's latest ensemble adaptation of a self-help book? In short, a lot of beautiful starlets — Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Cameron Diaz, and Anna Kendrick among them — joking about farting, circumcision, unintentional urination, and any other bodily functions that can be "milked" for a laugh.

By: JAKE MULLIGAN | May 17, 2012

Review: Girl in Progress

Patricia Riggen's adolescent dramedy
As rites of passage go, Girl in Progress is a step backward for the genre.

By: BRETT MICHEL | May 15, 2012

Review: Surviving Progress

How mankind has gone wrong
Despite prestigious talking heads like Margaret Atwood, Jane Goodall, and Stephen Hawking, there is nothing new here beyond what every conscientious liberal already knows is wrong with the world.

By: GERALD PEARY | May 15, 2012

Review: Goodbye First Love

Self-destructive passion
The autobiographical third feature from French director Mia Hansen-Løve limns the ecstasy and tumult of youthful, sometimes self-destructive passion.

By: PATRICK Z. MCGAVIN | May 08, 2012

Review: Sound of My Voice

Audacious premises
You've got to hand it to Brit Marling when it comes to audacious premises, both in Another Earth (in which she starred and co-wrote with director Mike Cahill), and in this high concept sci-fi head-scratcher, in which she also stars and co-wrote with director Zal Batmanglij.

By: PETER KEOUGH | May 10, 2012

Review: Dark Shadows

Tim Burton's best film since Ed Wood
By the time Dark Shadows gets to the opening credits, it is already Tim Burton's best film since Ed Wood , but then I've always had a soft spot for the Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin."

By: PETER KEOUGH | May 11, 2012

Review: Elles

Dubious and exploitative
How did the Polish filmmaker Malgoska Szumowska dupe the classy Juliette Binoche to participate in such a dubious, exploitative film?

By: GERALD PEARY | May 08, 2012

Review: First Position

Bess Kargman's documentary
While not the most probing look at rising stars, Bess Kargman's documentary focuses on six aspiring contestants preparing for the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix competition (a proven entry point into the world of professional ballet) who demonstrate dazzling talent.

By: BRETT MICHEL | May 10, 2012

Review: Headhunters

Slick entertainment
Roger (Aksel Hennie) is an Oslo yuppie with a gorgeous, blonde wife, a top-drawer job as a corporate headhunter, and a lucrative side employment stealing fancy paintings.

By: GERALD PEARY | May 08, 2012

Review: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Driving through the wasteland
In Nuri Bilge Ceylan's minimalist "Eastern," the Leone-esque title seems ironic, as a team of bumbling investigators spend hours driving through the Anatolian wasteland searching for the grave of a murder victim.

By: PETER KEOUGH | May 08, 2012

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