In Review: 'Loving Highsmith,' 'Orphan: First Kill'
A new documentary casts a mysterious author in a new light while a horror prequel depicts an old kid learning some new tricks.
The Best Films of the Year So Far (* According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part II
A plea for critics to stop overpraising issue docs, plus two excellent films from Germany and a stellar debut feature from Jafar Panahi's son.
Worst to Best: The Summer Blockbusters of 1984
Revisiting and re-evaluating a summer filled with nerds, gremlins, karate kids, and last starfighters.
In review: 'Three Thousand Years of Longing,' 'Funny Pages'
George Miller follows up 'Mad Max: Fury Road' with a fantasia for the mind as well as the eye. And Owen Kline makes his directorial debut with the Daniel Clowes-like tale of an aspiring cartoonist.
The Best Films of the Year So Far (* According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part 1
Catching up with the most acclaimed films of the past eight months.
Apocalypse? Now?: 60 Years Later, This Low-Budget Vision of the Apocalypse Remains Unnervingly Timely
Ray Milland directs and stars in 'Panic in Year Zero!,' a vision of an ordinary family doing what it takes to survive after nuclear missiles destroy Los Angeles.