Movie Review | 'The Painted Veil': A Plague Infects the Land, as Passion Vexes Hearts
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The third film iteration of âThe Painted Veilâ turns W. Somerset Maughamâs distaff bildungsroman into a fine romance.
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Tender and sad, Aaron Katzâs film âQuiet Cityâ is a fully realized work of mumblecore poetry.
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A bluntly heart-tugging city-mouse, country-mouse fable from Iran.
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A director's experimental film shows the world through the eyes of a painter blinded by a mugger's vicious attack. By Theresa Everline.
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The journey of Henry Winterstern is a classic tale of Hollywoodâs irresistible lure and the hubris that so often leads to a sudden demise.
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Scarlett Johannson stars in an adaptation that is better than it has any right to be
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LOS ANGELES  - "The Painted Veil" sets a few fine actors to work with one of W. Somerset Maugham's 1920s tales of Occidentals confronting the Far East and their own tangled emotional lives.
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A drama about the killing of maverick Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn directed by the outspoken filmmaker Theo van Gogh who was himself murdered last month screened for the first time Sunday amid heavy security.
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Part rockumentary, part howl of outrage, âScreamersâ is an invigorating and articulate film.
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The Golden Compass comes to the screen, cleansed of theology, but with a few jaw-dropping moments
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A film drama about the killing of maverick Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn directed by the outspoken filmmaker Theo van Gogh who was himself murdered last month was launched on Sunday amid heavy security.
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The Grudge, a supernatural thriller about a curse that spreads like a plague, created an epidemic at the box office by scaring up $40 million in ticket sales.
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The events recounted in the World War II drama âMiriamâ are horrific, and the story behind it is moving. Unfortunately, the finished product feels like exploitation.
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While Leo Tolstoyâs play remains an intriguing curiosity, more interesting than good, it should be a must-see for students of Russian literature.
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The star-crossed romance âDavid & Laylaâ is layered with sharply observed cultural details.
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With âBeaufort,â the Israeli director Joseph Cedar has made a movie about the futility of war.
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Variety - The barefoot Dillane, dressed in gray suit and maroon shirt, appears against a white wall, and the dirt-covered stage is a huge sandbox for a traumatized child to play in. As his devouring desire to be king is revealed after learning that King Duncan's sons are slated for that position, Dillane complements the Shakespearean text with tortured body language. At various times, inventive director Travis Preston physicalizes his star's portrait by encouraging him to crawl, squirm, slam his chest, tear at his shirt and stick his head in the sand like an animal hiding. Dillane does everything he can to unite with the character and Macbeth's despair is palpable.