The Slow-Talking 'Foxcatcher' Goes Long And Comes Up Short
Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum star in a bizarre tale of wrestling, wealth and talking very slowly while surrounded by mist.
Movie Reviews
In 'The Homesman,' A Most Unromantic American West
Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones play two very different people taking a dangerous trip across the arid plains in a beautifully photographed film.
In 'The Theory Of Everything,' Science Takes A Back Seat
The new Stephen Hawking biographical film The Theory Of Everything takes such a starry-eyed view of love and life that it seems to be from another era.
'Viva La Libertà' Offers Harmless Electoral Fun
NPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews Viva la Libertà, a lightweight Italian election comedy that might provide even Democrats with a smile this week.
'Interstellar': A Good Old-Fashioned Chunk Of Sci-Fi Silliness
Christopher Nolan's film stars Matthew McConaughey as an astronaut who takes his ship through a wormhole to another galaxy to find a home for earth's inhabitants. It's cool, awe-inspiring and goofy.
Review: Gyllenhaal's 'Nightcrawler' Is Pulp With A Purpose
Kenneth Turan reviews Nightcrawler, a thriller set in the "nocturnal underbelly" of Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal plays a young man who discovers the world of L.A. crime journalism.
In 'Goodbye To Language,' Jean-Luc Godard Seeks New Ways To Make Pictures
At 83, the Franco-Swiss auteur has made another complex visual poem, this time using 3D technology. The film bubbles with invention, thanks to jittery editing and a jumble of photographic styles.
'The Great Invisible' Views An Environmental Catastrophe From Many Sides
Margaret Brown's soft-spoken documentary examines the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The film recognizes an instinct toward simplistic polarization, but pushes gently against it.
Alienating Leading Men: The Force Behind 'Listen Up Philip' And 'Majeure'
NPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews Listen Up Philip and Force Majeure — two movies, he says, with compelling lead men who are impossible to empathize with.
'Citizenfour': A Paranoid Conspiracy Documentary About Edward Snowden
Laura Poitras' new film isn't artfully shaped like her other documentaries. But she captures scenes as history is being made — and it will make you look both ways when you're on the street.