Roman Polanski's scabrous black comedy set in a decaying Northumberland castle aswarm with chickens by day and owls by night, and swamped by an impossible tide. In spite of the setting, it has a very un-English feel. Polanski operates by his own indecipherable rules (making them up as he goes, …
When a renowned private investigator is murdered, his protege takes on the case. As her investigation unfolds, she is forced into a dangerous alliance with his killer to uncover the town's grisly secrets and bring justice to its victims. Directed by Jon Keeyes, starring Alice Eve, Shelley Hennig, Olwen Fouéré, …
A woman who had traveled some distance to New York to attend one of dancer-choreographer Merce Cunningham’s performances later contacted a music critic to complain. It seems the show was so bad that the amount it cost — train ticket, babysitter, etc. — left her feeling gypped. The critic agreed …
Sober little comedy about the determined efforts of exiled Tibetan monks in India to watch the '98 World Cup final between Brazil and France ("France is the only country that loyally supports Tibet"). The story behind the screen is at least as compelling: the first film of Khyentse Norbu, a …
Short, sharp, smart drama from writer-director David Freyne stitches together a big Irish quilt of political themes — discrimination, reconciliation, activism, protest, terror, etc. — to wrap around the story of a few sorry souls navigating the aftermath of the Maze virus, which turns its victims into a zombie horde. …
Director Gore Verbinski takes the campy dread of Hammer horror films (Horror of Dracula, et alia) and builds it into a a gorgeous, epic assault on anti-immigration sentiments in Europe and elsewhere. Yes, it’s long and indulgent, littered with loose ends, unexplained details, and a few outright absurdities. But despite …
The central conceit, and little else, has been retained from an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story of the same name: a protagonist who ages in reverse. (The story of course was written and titled before the soundalike name of Benjamin Britten came to fame, and as long as they were …
Juvenile monkeyshines, scrimpingly animated, monopolistically voiced by Will Ferrell as the primate's adopted human, and accompanied by a posy of insipid songs. Based on the books by Margret and H.A. Rey; directed by Matthew O'Callaghan.
A Tollywood remake of 2013 Tamil film Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam, featuring former porn star Sunny Leone.
Dr. Strange, General Zod, Spider-Man, and Beast join forces to play real-life superheroes Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch), George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), Samuel Insull, (Tom Holland), and Nikola Tesla (Nicolas Hoult) in a race to introduce electricity to the civilized world. Vigilantly designed and lit, if not photographed; director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s …
Werewolf update: Internet research, teen lingo ("This is pretty freaky shit"), computer-generated beasts, and self-mocking, or self-loathing, gags. The werewolf flipping the bird, with no one standing between itself and the camera, might well be doing it to the audience. With Christina Ricci, Jesse Eisenberg, Joshua Jackson, and Judy Greer; …
We begin in 1956, 83 years after families from the Church of Ireland found a home for themselves in North America. The pious villagers live in poverty, save for Agatha Earnshaw (Catherine Walker), the one prosperous landowner of the lot. (Is that Agatha’s signature scrawled across the bottom of a …