This week, we lost two great stars, each representative of very different eras. I add my brief two cents to…

Calvary (John Michael McDonagh, 2014) “Do not despair; one of the thieves was saved. Do not presume; one of the thieves was damned.”…

Magic in the Moonlight (Woody Allen, 2014) Woody Allen’s new film is as delicious and amusing a confection of cinematic delights as any he…

Get on Up (Tate Taylor, 2014) With a terrific central performance by Chadwick Boseman (42), Get on Up has what it needs…

Guardians of the Galaxy (James Gunn, 2014) Until I first saw a trailer for this new superhero fantasy from Marvel…

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

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

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

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