In 'The Blue Room,' An Uncertain Path Through An Affair
Actor-director Mathieu Amalric's adaptation of a Belgian mystery novel features two lovers caught in a web of adultery and crime.
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A Man, A Plane, A Rapture: 'Left Behind'
Nicolas Cage heads up another try at adapting the incredibly popular rapture novels into films.
Good-Hearted But Simplistic, 'The Good Lie' Fails To Satisfy
While the story of Sudanese refugees in America is well-meaning and earnestly executed, its failure to engage some of the most important challenges those refugees might really face is a fatal flaw.
Adam Sandler Signs Up With Netflix For 4 New Movies
Adam Sandler and Netflix are doing four original movies together — perhaps because you can't build a network on prestigious, binge-watchable television series alone.
David Fincher Talks 'Gone Girl,' Avoids Spoilers (Hooray!)
The director, whose previous work includes Fight Club and The Social Network, talks to NPR's Audie Cornish about the challenges of taking Gillian Flynn's intimate drama from the page to the screen.
'Gone Girl': A Missing Wife And A Cloud Of Suspicion
Director David Fincher's excellent adaptation of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl relies on stellar performances and ultimately on a diabolically twisting narrative structure.
'Equalizer' Devotes Time To Character Development, Graphic Violence
When Denzel Washington and director Anton Fuqua collaborated on 2001's Training Day, the film won Washington an Oscar and changed the trajectory of his career. They're together again in The Equalizer.
Virtual Reality, Corporeality Collide In Cronenberg's First Novel
Director David Cronenberg's debut work of fiction is not for the faint of heart. Consumed follows two journalists as they chase stories of cannibalism, backroom surgeries, self-mutilation and murder.
Coal Miners And Gay Activists Partner In 'Pride'
The film offers a rousing, true-life take on a British coal miners' strike that led to an unusual union. Critic Bob Mondello says the storyline blends Norma Rae with sillier, Kinky Boots-ish stuff.
British Coalminers Strike With A Gay Coalition In 'Pride,' A Crowd-Pleaser
The film is based on a true story about the '80s strike Margaret Thatcher vowed to break. It's full of the Britain's best actors, and nearly every line makes you cackle or puts a lump in your throat.