Ode to Joy: Talking with Noah Baumbach
The director of Frances Ha on how much fun it was to make.
This Is 40: Before Midnight
Richard Linklater revisits classic characters in this trenchant depiction of committed relationships.
Yale Breakdown: Nancy, Please
A horrifying comedy about an adjunct professor who won't take responsibility for his failures.
Unexamined Suburban Privilege: The Kings of Summer
Boys build their own home in the woods in this American indie comedy.
Grease-Monkey Melodrama: Fast & Furious 6
Safeguarding country and family justifies any kind of violence.
Crime and Punishment as a Crime and a Punishment: Student
The novel is brilliant and feverish, like Raskolnikov. This Kazakhstan-set adaptation, like Ali, is a slog.
Tourists Are the Worst: Sightseers
In this dark comedy, a couple on holiday kill a lot of people.
May 10, 2013
Grow Up!: Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach's latest finds Greta Gerwig at a twentysomething dead end.
May 8, 2013
Love in the Time of Capitalism: Pieta
In Kim Ki-duk's 18th film, a brutal (and we mean brutal) loan shark goes soft.
May 8, 2013
Becoming Traviata: Behind the Diva
This documentary examines soprano Natalie Dessay's rehearsal process.
May 8, 2013
Three Sisters: The Chores of Childhood
Wang Bing's documentary looks at a changing way of life in rural China.
May 8, 2013
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