“Wedding Palace” bills itself as the first Asian-American romantic comedy, but it’s chock full of all the same cliches and conventions you’d see in any film of the genre. My RogerEbert.com review. Read the review here...
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Prisoners
Warner Bros. R for disturbing violent content including torture, and language throughout. Running time: 146 minutes. Two stars out of four. “Prisoners” has heavy-duty arthouse pretensions but, if we’re being honest with each other, it’s really just a high-falutin’ B-grade kidnap thriller. It’s got lofty aspirations but it also wants...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — A Single Shot
The backwoods neo-noir “A Single Shot” is an odd mix of beautifully bleak atmosphere and hammily mannered performances, which makes it simultaneously understated and overpowering. But it’s always good to see Sam Rockwell. My review for RogerEbert.com. Read the review here...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — After Tiller
The documentary “After Tiller” takes the politically divisive, emotionally charged issue of late-term abortions and portrays it with grace, understatement and humanity. It is sure to piss people off. My review for RogerEbert.com. Read the review here...
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IFC Films Rated R for disturbing violent content, language and brief drug use. Running time: 93 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four. “Blue Caprice” takes a true story of violence and panic and tells it in the most artful, understated manner imaginable — which makes its events...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Plush
If only this movie had something to do with the great Stone Temple Pilots song of the same name (which is now stuck in my head — again). Instead, the latest confounding career choice from director Catherine Hardwicke is a clunky psychological thriller set in the Los Angeles rock scene....
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Mademoiselle C
The “C” stands for Carine, as in Carine Roitfeld, who was the editor-in-chief of French Vogue for a decade until she left in 2011 to create her own magazine. Director Fabien Constant’s documentary follows the sleekly Parisian, hugely influential Roitfeld as she provides intimate access to all the glamour and...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — You Will Be My Son
French director and co-writer Gilles Legrand shows great mastery of tone and pacing in his third feature, which begins life as a domestic drama set at a family-owned vineyard and slowly morphs into a tense thriller. The great Niels Arestrup is a towering force as the world-renowned, egomaniacal winemaker who...
Read moreRevisiting Sept. 11 in Film
I woke up this morning, like so many people around the world, thinking about New York on Sept. 11, 2001. And I wanted to share with you an essay I wrote two years ago, on the 10th anniversary of the attacks, examining how the twin towers had been depicted in...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Adore
Naomi Watts and Robin Wright bring dignity to this cougar-tastic tale of lifelong best friends who have affairs with each others’ sons. It’s exquisitely photographed but ultimately melodramatic. As I say in my review for RogerEbert.com, it’s what my mom would have called “good trash.” Read the review here...
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