Features
Monday, January 7 2013
The Best Female Film Performances of 2012
From a precocious young girl bravely battling the elements to much older women waging war with their own demons, 2012 was a standout year for actresses, with these being some of the very, very best.
Friday, January 8 2010
The Best Independent / International Films of 2009
Looking for something far off the well-beaten mainstream path? Well, step on over to some savory world and outsider independent cinema. It's here where the risks, the experimentation, and the true art lives.
Reviews
Thursday, July 26 2012
Beware of Passion: 'The Deep Blue Sea'
After abandoning a loveless marriage to be with the man she loves, a woman embarks on a painful journey of self-discovery.
Friday, March 23 2012
'The Deep Blue Sea' Takes Its Time
The ambiguity about the affair is welcome initially, but the duet between Freddie's anger and Hester's desperation becomes repetitive.
Friday, January 30 2009
Of Time and the City
The effect of visual movements in Of Time and the City is fantastic. Even as it documents urban life and recalls events, it offers Terence Davies' analyses of the history that has shaped him.
Sunday, January 1 1995
The House of Mirth (2000)
Lily's detractors can use her slightest slip-ups -- for instance, smoking a cigarette or gambling at cards -- as weapons against her -- in her set, women's smoking is considered improper and even a sign of promiscuity.
