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Review

  • Movie Review The Imposter 

    A riveting Errol Morris-style documentary uncovers the chilling case of a Frenchman who claimed to be the missing son of a Texas family. 

    July 12, 2012 | 12:08am -

  • Movie Review Ice Age: Continental Drift

    When their continent breaks off, the mammoth and his friends ride an iceberg into a seafaring adventure. 

    July 12, 2012 | 12:07am -

  • Movie Review Alps

    Yorgos Lanthimos’ follow-up to Dogtooth is another deeply strange and darkly comic look at the fictions we create. 

    July 12, 2012 | 12:06am -

  • Movie Review Red Lights 

    The director of Buried returns with a thriller about skeptics investigating paranormal activity. 

    July 12, 2012 | 12:05am -

  • Movie Review Trishna 

    The prolific Michael Winterbottom turns to Thomas Hardy a third time in this updated tale of class division in India. 

    July 12, 2012 | 12:04am -

  • Movie Review Farewell, My Queen 

    French director Benoït Jacquot gets a servant’s-eye-view of the last days of Marie Antoinette.

    July 12, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Movie Review Union Square

    Working on a micro budget, Nancy Savoca (Dogfight) attempts an intimate indie about estranged sisters in New York.

    July 12, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Movie Review Ballplayer: Pelotero 

    A documentary examines baseball culture in the Dominican Republic, a fertile territory for major league prospects. 

    July 12, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Movie Review Family Portrait In Black And White

    In the Ukraine, a single mother has adopted nearly two dozen black orphans in a racially hostile environment.

    July 12, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • DVD Barbarella 

    Roger Vadim’s sci-fi exploitation movie offers Jane Fonda doing a zero-gravity striptease, but little else. 

    July 11, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • DVD Crime Does Not Pay: The Complete Shorts Collection 1935-1947 

    An essential Warner Archive compilation features mid-’30s to mid-’40s two-reelers that infused PSAs with genre thrills. 

    July 11, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • DVD Life Without Principle/Accident

    Two new movies from Hong Kong action auteur Johnnie To—one he directed, the other he produced—attest to his style and eclecticism. 

    July 11, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • DVD DVDs In Brief: July 11, 2012 

    Our weekly DVD review round-up. 

    July 11, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Music Review Chris Brown: Fortune

    All that hate only makes him stronger.

    July 10, 2012 | 12:06am -

  • Music Review Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan

    Indie experimentalists add focus—and feeling—to a quirky formula.

    July 10, 2012 | 12:06am -

  • Music Review Mission of Burma: Unsound

    That triumphant comeback may be starting to overstay its welcome.

    July 10, 2012 | 12:05am -

  • Music Review Twin Shadow: Confess

    This seasonal album will last long after the summer ends.

    July 10, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Music Review Husky: Forever So

    The Australian foursome releases a mildly pleasant debut.

    July 10, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Music Review Aesop Rock: Skelethon

    After a five-year break, a rapper finds clarity.

    July 10, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Music Review Woody Guthrie: Woody at 100

    Decades after his death, a singer’s role is galvanized and certified.

    July 10, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter: The Long Earth 

    A fantasy luminary and a science-fiction star team up for a novel that isn’t as satisfying or definitive as it should be. 

    July 9, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Book Review Harriet Lane: Alys, Always 

    This debut novel about a scheming, manipulative mastermind comes from a faulty premise. 

    July 9, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Book Review Mitch Winehouse: Amy, My Daughter 

    In a book written to support his charitable foundation, Amy Winehouse’s father delves into her addiction, her “scumbag” boyfriend, and her short, troubled life. 

    July 9, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review J.R. Angelella: Zombie 

    There are no zombies in this novel, but everything else about it seems to shamble. 

    July 9, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Music Review Doug Benson: Smug Life 

    The prolific stoner comedian serves up a double-sized album that’s more munchies than meal.

    July 6, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Movie Review Crazy Eyes 

    A rich divorcé (Lukas Haas) hits the L.A. nightclub scene hard, but falls for the one woman he can’t have easily. 

    July 5, 2012 | 12:04am -

  • Movie Review Katy Perry: Part Of Me 

    A documentary/concert film about the ubiquitous pop star accomplishes neither. 

    July 5, 2012 | 12:04am -

  • Movie Review The Do-Deca-Pentathlon 

    The Duplass Brothers revive a four-year-old comedy about childish adult brothers competing in their own private Olympics.  

    July 5, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Movie Review The Magic Of Belle Isle 

    With his second terrible family film in a row, the once-great director Rob Reiner has flown off the rails. 

    July 5, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Movie Review The Pact

    A scary and innovative horror movie seizes on the quirks of modern technology.  

    July 5, 2012 | 12:01am -