'Obvious Child': A Momentous Film Of Small, Embarrassing Truths
The indie film depicts a standup comic who decides to have an abortion after a one-night stand. David Edelstein lauds director Gillian Robespierre's courage.
Movie Reviews
Beautiful Acting Aside, It Isn't Hard To Find Fault In 'Our Stars'
The adaptation of John Green's bestselling young adult novel The Fault in Our Stars — about two teens with cancer — is among the year's most anticipated films, but David Edelstein wasn't impressed.
Multiplexes Heat Up For Summer Blockbuster Season
From apocalyptic sci-fi adventures to musical biopics and road-trip comedies, Hollywood has more than 80 would-be box-office behemoths on tap for moviegoers between now and Labor Day.
Seeing The New 'X-Men'? Take Along A Teenager To Explain
Bob Mondello says X-Men: Days of Future Past is awesomely urgent and utterly forgettable all at once, but it'll leave you bouncing with excitement — if you can keep the multiple mutants straight.
'Godzilla': A Fire-Breathing Behemoth Returns To The Big Screen
In the Japanese original, he was a thinly disguised symbol of the atom bomb, but in later films he fought other giant monsters and even space aliens. The latest Godzilla is directed by Gareth Edwards.
'God's Pocket' Is Horrifying, Humanist And Heartbreaking
Many people will find God's Pocket depressing, but once you get past the despair and carnage it's full of life. In one of his last film roles, Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as hapless Mickey Scarpato.
Two Italys Take A Road Trip In 'Il Sorpasso'
The 1962 comic drama follows two young men: one who smacks of Italy's joyless '50s and one who embodies the prosperity and recklessness of the '60s. The film is now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
In 'Belle,' A Complex Life Tangled In Class And Commerce
Bob Mondello reviews Belle, based on a true story about a child of an admiral and a Caribbean slave, raised as an aristocrat in 18th century England.
'Ida': A Coming-Of-Age Story With An Eerie Luster
Polish-born director Pawel Pawlikowski's new film centers on an orphan who learns the secret of her past when she's on the brink of becoming a nun.
'Ida': A Young Woman's Search For Identity In 1962 Poland
Ida is a Polish film about a young woman who was raised as an orphan in a convent. She's planning to take her vows as a nun when she discovers she's Jewish and her parents were killed by the Nazis.