Writer-director Sally Potter seems curiously entertained by the most pedestrian performances.
Charlie Wilson’s War at least understood itself as a caricature, whereas Recount behaves as if it were the real deal.
Dedication at least deploys the darling chemistry between Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore to good effect.
No Reservations is a cinematic culinary treat for those without a discerning palate.
The disc’s image quality is so reprehensible it makes it impossible to enjoy Catherine O’Hara’s great performance.
In For Your Consideration, Catherine O’Hara masterfully delineates the stages of her character’s excitement over the awards buzz.
Catherine O’Hara is the rare comic who never plays scenes for cheap laughs, and amazingly bags every one.
Among its many identities, M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water is first and foremost a gaping psychic wound.
Bennett Miller’s film has an axe to grind against its subject, the quite horrible but quite gifted writer Truman Capote.
Funny stuff. That is, if you like the dry, incessant sound of crickets on summer evenings.
Joke-for-joke, it’s not that funny—but it’s almost poignant.
A terrible video transfer for a remarkable film that, at the very least, is still wonderful to listen to.
The Majestic is Frank Darabont’s pure-hearted Capra riff, efficient retro-Hollywood cheese where the good guy wins
The game of Clue never looked as good as it does in Altman’s film.