Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Detroit'
With its intense and unsettling depictions of police brutality in the summer of 1967, Detroit got under the panel's skin in different ways.
Movie Reviews
Albert Brooks' 'Lost in America' Remains Piercingly Relevant 32 Years Later
Newly released on DVD and Blu-ray, the 1985 film follows a well-heeled LA couple who decide to become free-spirited wanderers. Critic John Powers says Lost In America is a comedy for the ages.
When Sex Becomes A Grind(r): '4 Days In France'
A gay man saunters through the French countryside, pursued by his lover, in this loose meditation on the perks and pitfalls of hooking up.
Slick, Speedy And Ultra-Violent '68 Kill' Leaves A Bitter Aftertaste
Many noir thrillers play with misogynistic ideas, but "68 Kill keeps the hostility and loses the self-deprecation, which turns it into an example of misogyny rather than an examination of it."
'Columbus' Is Soulless, By Design
This stark, cerebral not-quite-romance is set in a city known for its spare modernist architecture, and that sense of severity pervades the film.
In Harrowing 'Detroit,' Kathryn Bigelow Mixes Brutal Facts With Fiction
A skilled director of visceral, real-world horrors, Bigelow dramatizes a 1967 incident that left 3 young black men dead at the hands of the police. The result is unflinching and effective.
A Killing On A Native American Reservation Propels The Mystery-Thriller 'Wind River'
Law enforcement agents confront a grim scene on the frozen Wyoming landscape in Taylor Sheridan's new film. Critic David Edelstein says that despite some clumsy plotting, Wind River hits home.
Loss Piles Up Deep As Wyoming Snow Drifts In 'Wind River'
The police procedural/Western centers on the death of a Native American teenage girl. Critic Bob Mondello says the film paints a searing portrait of life on society's margins.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Atomic Blonde'
This episode we talk Atomic Blonde, a stylish and visceral spy thriller set in 1989 Berlin. It co-stars Charlize Theron and a really impressive wig.
'Detroit' Dramatizes A Deadly '67 Motel Encounter Between Police And Civilians
Kathryn Bigelow recreates a true, largely forgotten incident of brutality in her latest film. Critic David Edelstein says Detroit triggers a sense of powerlessness that is visceral.