The Girl in the Spider's Web
The cinematic equivalent of a clip-on version of the nose ring that its central character famously sports throughout—a simulacrum that tries to evoke the edge…
The cinematic equivalent of a clip-on version of the nose ring that its central character famously sports throughout—a simulacrum that tries to evoke the edge…
He’s missing both key insight and satirical bite in his depiction of this pivotal point in American history. Privacy is about to become a thing…
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
A wish list in honor of my birthday. #birthdaywishlist
An article about the 41st Mill Valley Film Festival honoring USC Annenberg associate professor Stacy L. Smith and devoting 45% of its lineup to films…
A look back at Robert Altman's Quintet, as part of Scout Tafoya's monthly video essay series on maligned masterpieces.
A remembrance of film and TV critic Andrew Johnston, who died Oct. 26, 2008.
One of our Far Flung Correspondents talks about why the election of Jair Bolsonaro would be a disaster for Brazil.
Jana Monji reports on the different speakers and conversations at last Thursday's Women in Entertainment summit.
A look at an e-book of interviews and critical writing on one of the best films of 2018.
An appreciation of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm as its 25th anniversary approaches.
Come Sunday (2018)
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Carlton Pearson
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
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Watson (Voice)
Doctor Strange (2016)
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Baron Karl Mordo
Triple 9 (2016)
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Michael Atwood
Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
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Ray
The Martian (2015)
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Venkat Kapoor
Z for Zachariah (2015)
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Loomis
12 Years a Slave (2013)
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Solomon Northup
Savannah (2013)
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Christmas Moultrie
Salt (2010)
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Peabody
2012 (2009)
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Adrian Helmsley
Redbelt (2008)
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Mike Terry
American Gangster (2007)
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Huey Lucas
Children of Men (2007)
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Luke
Talk to Me (2007)
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Dewey Hughes
Kinky Boots (2006)
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Lola/Simon
Inside Man (2006)
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Det. Bill Mitchell
Serenity (2005)
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The Operative
Four Brothers (2005)
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Victor Sweet
She Hate Me (2004)
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Frank Wills
Dirty Pretty Things (2003)
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Okwe
* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist’s work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
A review of the excellent A Very English Scandal, starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw, directed by Stephen Frears.
110 independent films have been announced to premiere at next January's Sundance Film Festival.
Psychedelia with a smile.
A report on filmmaker Steve McQueen's Q&A at the 2016 Chicago International Film Festival.
FFC Seongyong Cho on watching 2006's dystopian thriller "Children of Men" ten years later.
An article about the IMAX preview of "Doctor Strange" screening October 10th nationwide.
An extensive preview of 50 films coming out within the next four months, from "Sully" to "Toni Erdmann."
New titles on Blu-ray and DVD including "The Martian," "Mr. Robot" and "Straight Outta Compton."
A review of Ridley Scott's "The Martian," starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
An overview of the films that will be theatrically released in the 2015 fall season.
The latest in an amazing array of new releases on Blu-ray and streaming media, including Inherent Vice, Selma, Winter Sleep, Mommy, Dancing on the Edge, Halt and Catch Fire, and more.
A dispatch from Sundance including new films by Noah Baumbach, Craig Zobel, and Guy Maddin.
Our most anticipated films of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Why DiCaprio doesn't get lucky at the Oscars; Atheism in Hollywood; Famous rejection letters; Wes Anderson as an advertiser; Auteur theory and Kent Jones.
Odie Henderson champions Chiwetel Ejiofor as the Best Actor of 2013.
Erik Childress analyzes the impact of the recently-awarded BAFTAs on the Oscar race.
Links to all the essays about our picks for who deserves Oscars during this week-long event. Updated daily.
The Oscars race has hit a holiday lull. It's a good time to pause and take stock of nominations.
"Tower Prep" was cancelled because it was too girl-centric; the year's 10 best movie quotes; the year's worst movie titles; the real sins of the Welfare Queen; the aptly named Wiseman speaks.
Alyssa Rosenberg considers the women on the big screen and the small screen in the past year.
Omer Mozaffar reflects on "12 Years a Slave."
Alan Zilberman looks at the move to minimalism in musical scores, and how those scores shape our emotional reactions.
That a film as searing and necessary as "12 Years a Slave" is having trouble drawing large audiences is a testament to the power of denial. That so few mainstream films have been made about slavery in America is also a testament to the power of denial.
Dan Callahan looks at the career of Alfre Woodard.
"12 Years a Slave" and "The Butler" are part of a valuable subgenre of American film that dramatizes the fallacy of "Black respectability"—the notion that if African-Americans will only speak, dress and behave in a certain way, discrimination won't affect them, and they'll reap the American dream.