Dallas Buyers Club (Jean-Marc Vallée, 2013) Dallas Buyers Club, the new film by French Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée (The Young … More

Blue Is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013) From 1895 to the 1910s, the early film pioneers wrestled with the storytelling … More

Thor: The Dark World (Alan Taylor, 2013) I have a problem with Thor. Not the Norse god, whom I never … More

Today, in Baltimore, three new films open, all of which tackle existential crises, and none of which are alike. In … More

12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013) It’s about time. Though Hollywood has tackled America’s legacy of slavery before, it has … More

The Counselor (Ridley Scott, 2013) Ridley Scott’s new movie, The Counselor, made from the first original screenplay by novelist Cormac McCarthy, tells … More

The Fifth Estate (Bill Condon, 2013) Here’s a quick question for you: do you know what the first four estates … More

Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass, 2013) It’s a lonely place to be if you didn’t find Paul Greengrass’s latest film a … More

Runner Runner (Brad Furman, 2013) In 2011, Matthew McConaughey starred in a wonderful little legal thriller entitled The Lincoln Lawyer, which … More