Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Snyder, 2016)
When it comes to comic books, I've always been a D.C. guy.
Category: Disclosure
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Midnight Special (Nichols, 2016)
The oddest thing about Nichols's Spielberg mashup is that its strengths and weaknesses are the exact opposite of what you might expect from the creator of Mud and Take Shelter. There are moments of iconic beauty and visual terror, but the writing is plodding and the slow pace eventually makes one realize just how little story there is to unfold. .
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The Liberators (Bryant, 2016)
Pop quiz: You find out your father/brother/uncle/neighbor stole a bunch of priceless religious artifacts from an abbey in Nazi Germany. What do you do?
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Breathe (Laurent, 2015)
Friendships are often an incalculable mix of ecstasy and disillusionment.
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The Looking Glass (Hancock, 2015)
I hate to use the word "sweet" when describing a film. There's no way to make it not sound like a backhanded compliment.
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In Jackson Heights (Wiseman, 2015)
A modern masterpiece of quotidian urgency.
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The Hateful Eight (Tarantino, 2015)
I've mostly been a Tarantino fan, but even I can't defend this...
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The Big Short (McKay, 2015)
The Big Short is about people who got rich by short-selling credit default swaps--people who made obscene amounts of money by being able to accurately predict the suffering of others. That they themselves were not the root cause of the suffering makes it possible for us as viewers to not hate them; it doesn't necessarily keep them--or Baum at least--from hating themselves.
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Big Eden (Bezucha, 2000)
Maybe our neighbors are more like us than we know.
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Spotlight (McCarthy, 2015)
Director Tom McCarthy delivers a somber, sobering film which denies any character (or the viewer) the feeling of moral superiority.