“The Invisible War” + My Meditations on Violence in America

The Invisible War (Kirby Dick, 2012) Yesterday, December 14, 2012, in Newtown, CT, a deranged gunman took the lives of 20…

The 48fps Hobbit morphs into Smaug

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Peter Jackson, 2012) I really like this movie’s poster! It sells, in a wonderfully vivid…

Linda DeLibero and I spent a great hour discussing the movies of the fall season on the Midday with Dan Rodricks show –…

That’s what happened to me, anyway, this weekend. Without realizing what I was doing, I rented two films that both…

Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012) Though I have long been tempted, I have never managed to catch a film by the…

Hitchcock (Sacha Gervasi, 2012) I had no idea who Sacha Gervasi was before watching this film the other night, but…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just published its list of the 15 Documentaries from which it will choose…

Twilight (Catherine Hardwicke, 2008) Twilight Saga, The: New Moon (Chris Weitz, 2009) Twilight Saga, The: Eclipse (David Slade, 2010) Twilight…

Rise of the Guardians (Peter Ramsey, 2012) This enjoyable children’s fantasy from DreamWorks has a plot that makes, at times,…

. . . but we could say a few more words about Anna Karenina. In my review, I praised the performances…