Laurence Michael Levin's screwball comedy is neither screwy nor particularly funny.
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Inherent Vice
Stoner movies risk drugged-out self-indulgence, and Paul Thomas Anderson's latest qualifies.
The Homesman
Tommie Lee Jones again proves himself at home making and starring a Western.
Noir as night
Dan Gilroy's "Nighcrawler" offers up an credibly amoral character, but it's ugliness that wins out.
Fifty Shades of Grey
Sam Taylor-Johnson's painful take on E.L. James's BDSM novel leaves everyone shackled.
Whiplash
For an indie movie, Damien Chazelle's jazz boot camp story has a decidedly Hollywood feel.
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Michael Keaton is the mesmerizing fall guy in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s movie about acting, celebrity and identity.
Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes)
Argentine director Damián Szifron shows how little things gone amiss can produce dark twists.
Growing up boys
Having three brothers gives a movie like Richard Licklater's "Boyhood" an added dimension.
Trois couleurs: Blanc (Three Colors: White)
Kieslowski's "Three Colors: White" still ranks among the "sweetest" revenge movies ever concocted.
The Babadook
Jennifer Kent's psychological horror thriller is at once predictable but enticingly off-kilter.
Eden Lake
James Watkins saw the brooding talent of Jack O'Connell but stock horror has its limits.