Film Reviews
The Descendants
Alexander Payne's Hawaii tale is good family drama or sentimental drivel, maybe both.
The Artist
Here is a loving movie about the American past that only a Frenchman could make.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Making a Le Carré novel into gripping cinema is a tough task when the author's layers take over.
Melancholia
Lars Von Triers visionary film is a schizophrenic episode with Armageddon thrown in.
Shame
Lost-in-sex Michael Fassbender cranks pitiless Manhattan up a notch.
Crazy Heart
In Otis "Bad" Blake, director Scott Cooper creates a fine American archetype.
Young Adult
Jason Reitman's and Diablo Cody's look at a stunted life is carried by "Mavis" Theron.
Contagion
Here's a competent and often terrifying disease flick in which touchy-feely means death.
Fair Game
An account of pre-Iraq Washington intrigue that's too noble for its own good.
In the Electric Mist (Dans la brume électrique)
Tommy Lee Jones and John Goodman make Tavernier's thriller a weird, strange trip.