Christian Bale and Harry Melling star in Scott Cooper’s latest portrait of nostalgic modernism, a film as enticing as it is frustratingly incomplete. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Scott Cooper’s sense of place and his sense of dread go hand in hand. He was born in Abingdon, Virginia, a city with a population under 10,000, … Edgar Allen Poe solves crimes in the near-Expressionist misfire The Pale Blue Eye
Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer carve a beguiling doomed romance against the backdrop of Hugo Blick’s intellectualized take on revenge in the Old West.
Kelly Reichardt’s latest is a kindhearted storybook of a film that gracefully balances the sights, sounds, and textures of pre-Gold Rush Oregon.
Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, and Paul Bettany deliver terrific performances in a thought-provoking, theatrical World War I drama. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Journey’s End doesn’t match the description of a typical war movie. In fact, scenes of actual warfare make up, I reckon, fewer than five minutes of the film’s runtime. We only … REVIEW: Journey’s End
Josephine Decker directs Grace Kaufman in a winning performance that rises above YA lit cliches & a questionable love triangle
Silent Night’s admittedly intriguing blend of bleaker-than-bleak comedy and holiday spirit is undermined by noxious writing and characters.
From Jed Bartlet to CJ Cregg to Losh Lyman, we elect one of Aaron Sorkin’s quick-witted White House wonks from The West Wing to our Hall of Faces.