Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014) The story of how Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, etc.) made his new film, Boyhood, is … More

Lucy (Luc Besson, 2014) If Stanley Kubrick‘s least original pupil married John Woo‘s most scattered (yet devoted!) disciple, had a child together … More

Venus in Fur (Roman Polanski, 2013) Whether or not one finds Roman Polanski a great artist, a problematic human being, … More

Life Itself (Steve James, 2014) Documentary director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters) began filming Roger Ebert five months before he … More

Sex Tape (Jake Kasdan, 2014) Wow! There is not a single “top critic” on the film review aggregator site Rotten … More

Better late than never, right? I finally got around to seeing two films that have been in theaters for a bit … More

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Matt Reeves, 2014) Summer is always a tough time to be human at … More

Transformers: Age of Extinction (Michael Bay, 2014) Let’s start with the fourth entry in the Transformers movie series. Film critic A.O. Scott, in his New … More

Earth to Echo (Dave Green, 2014) Are you a fan of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and/or E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial? Did you enjoy … More