Kino finally gives a milestone in film history its definitive release, rescuing it from what seemed like the eternal damnation of inconsistent video presentations.
A Fistful of Dollars uses American myths as fodder for a visionary director’s formalist carnival.
Everything in the script signals that the hero must transform himself from an abusive tyrant in the kitchen to the head of a loving and fully functional family.
What works about the film can largely be attributed to Tracy Letts’s original text.
Streep has earned kudos for a performance that’s fine, but not stellar when measured against her better work.
The relative quality of generational family abuse, a prominent motif in the play, comes through loud and clear.
The poster for August: Osage County would have been an event no matter what it looked like.
The Company Men is comfort food for the corporate class in crisis.