The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller turn a small movie into a delight.
Synecdoche, New York
Charlie Kaufman is a poorman's Woody Allen, angst-ridden but without wit.
Skyfall
The latest Bond is superhero-charged, thanks to Sam Mendes and Javier Bardem.
Sunset Boulevard
Long before "The Artist" came the menace of "Sunset Boulevard," a Billy Wilder marvel.
Argo
Ben Affleck's dramatization of an Iran Hostage Crisis incident is engrossing cinema.
Compliance
Craig Zobel's fictional reconstruction is about the consequences of blindly taking orders.
Bill’s friends
Bill Emmott's Italy excoriations in "Girlfriend in a Coma" fall back on same old, same old.
The Third Man
In "The Third Man," postwar Vienna is the star, with help from men called Cotten and Welles.
Flight
Denzel Washington is the standout in a choppy film about flying, fate, and accountability.
Lincoln
Steven Speilberg avoids his usual sentimental pitfalls by focusing on one man's mission.
Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty is sincere but ponderous, riveting but superficial, and wildly overlong.