Wings of Desire
July 15, 1988 | Wim Wenders, the German filmmaker heretofore best known for gray funks and aimless despair, makes an extraordinary leap of faith in Wings of Desire. From the exquisite…
Yours, Mine, & Ours
November 23, 2005 | During last year’s holiday movie season, you could catch a fleeting glimpse of Dennis Quaid subbing for James Stewart in director John Moore’s remake of Flight of…
Trouble The Water
October 31, 2008 | Talk about being in the wrong place at the right time: Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rapper and self-described “street hustler” living in the Lower Ninth Ward…
Then She Found Me
May 9, 2008 | In Then She Found Me, her smart, subtle and seriously funny debut effort as a feature film director, Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunt offers an ensemble of…
Starting Out in the Evening
January 3, 2008 | Leonard Schiller (Frank Langella) is a retired professor and out-of-print novelist who has spent the last decade of his golden years at work on a book…
The Rape of Europa
January 11, 2008 | While vividly illuminating a little-known chapter of World War II history — and revealing that, alas, the book has not yet closed on the subject —…
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
March 7, 2008 | According to the credits, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is based on a well-regarded, recently rediscovered 1938 novel by British author Winifred Watson. But you…
The Ice Harvest
November 23, 2005 | It’s the night before Christmas, and all through Wichita, mob-connected lawyer Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) is making all the wrong moves. He’s a bit too generous…
The Great Debaters
December 24, 2007 | Resolved: The Great Debaters is an emotionally and dramatically satisfying piece of work, solidly crafted and intelligently affecting. Arriving just in time to provide a heaping…
The Day the Earth Stood Still
December 12, 2008 | Arguably the worst reconstitution of a ‘50s sci-fi classic since the ghastly Godzilla remake – that 1998 travesty made by boneheads who forgot the Original Gangsta Lizard…