Review: ‘Still Alice’
While Julianne Moore shines in a role with range, the film itself does nothing to go beyond the performance.
Review: ‘Red Army’
This documentary is as riveting and entertaining as the intense Soviet hockey games that it depicts, thanks to great interview subjects and a story worth hearing.
Review: ‘A Most Violent Year’
*Screening at the 2014 AFI Film Festival, J.C. Chandor's third feature is a slow-burning yet tense crime drama, starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain.
Review: ‘Foxcatcher’
Director Bennett Miller leads a fearless cast into new and demanding territory in this modern-day American tragedy.
Review: ‘The Midnight Swim’
*Screening at the 2014 AFI Film Festival, a mysterious death tests the relationship between three half-sisters in this eerie, genre-blending feature film debut.
Review: ‘Merchants of Doubt’
This provocative documentary exposes the corruption in big business' hidden practices of bending public safety to their own wills and interests.
Review: ’21 Years: Richard Linklater’
This documentary is an enjoyable love letter to the writer-director, acknowledging the man behind such an eclectic filmography.
Review: ‘The Theory of Everything’
Eddie Redmayne transforms into an aging and debilitating Stephen Hawking with such execution and mastery in this extraordinary biopic.