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The Dressmaker movie review: haute couture as a tragicomic weapon

Fri, Nov 20, 2015

So entertaining, so unexpected, so wonderfully oddball, so damn good. Witty genre-busting simmering with pathos, humor, and calamity.

Steve Jobs movie review: insanely great (LFF 2015)

Mon, Oct 19, 2015

11 comments

You’ve never seen such a compelling, entertaining movie about a genius jerk. As smart and as sleek as a Macbook Pro, and a compulsory bit of modern history.

The Walk movie review: head in the clouds

Fri, Oct 02, 2015

3 comments

Puts CGI, IMAX, and 3D (and Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to perfect use. Everything here comes with a vertiginous thrill and a delightful enchantment.

The Intern movie review: so much nice, so little help

Fri, Oct 02, 2015

4 comments

A nice movie about real problems people face in real life, and it deals with them in as sidelong a way as it possibly can, avoiding all strong emotion.

Miss You Already movie review: best friends forever, for real

Mon, Sep 28, 2015

8 comments

Authentically female in how it gets inside a lifelong friendship between two women, and as wisely funny as it is sharply poignant.

The Second Mother movie review: cleaning house

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

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Sharply observant and always surprising; mixes dry humor, aching drama, and stinging social commentary in its clashes between classes and generations.

Ricki and the Flash movie review: rocking (down and) out

Wed, Sep 09, 2015

5 comments

There’s some good stuff here, like the prickly relationships between women at odds with one another, but too much feels too contrived to fully satisfy.

Trainwreck movie review: all aboard

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

12 comments

A breath of half-nasty, half-nice fresh air, set somewhere near the intersection between a parody of a romantic comedy and a straight-up example of one.