Film & TV

We all know the drill — if you can’t make the monthly payments on your car, the bank takes your car back.
March 18, 2010 at 1:58 am

In Bong Joon-ho’s satirical masterpiece The Host, a giant monster wrecks havoc on a Korean city.
March 18, 2010 at 1:47 am

Last year, many film lovers were outraged that the Swedish vampire masterpiece Let the Right One In didn’t score an Academy Award nomination for “Best Foreign Language Film.” However, Oscar voters were not to blame.
March 18, 2010 at 1:44 am

Some people find it bizarre that a film following three middle-aged divorcees as they plot revenge on their ex-husbands ranks among my favorites.
March 18, 2010 at 1:42 am

For many, The Runaways will present itself as the perfect opportunity to ogle Dakota Fanning as the sexed-up version of her former child star self.
March 18, 2010 at 1:18 am

For a film based on the well-known attempt by a set of climbers to scale the north face of the Eiger in 1936, the German-made thriller North Face perfects the art of the cliffhanger (literally) — even for an audience aware of the ultimate historical outcome. From the moment the main characters Toni Kurz (Benno Furmann) and Andi Hintertoisser (Florian Lukas) — two Nazi soldiers who prefer pitons over pistols — approach the deathly Eiger, director Philipp Stolzl crafts the story of the climber’s ascent with visual and emotional precision. With the group of climbers clinging to a mass of rock by the most inconsequential of steel and rope, dodging avalanches and taking a frostbitten beating from the fickle weather, Stolzl brings the audience to the mountain, piecing together the infamous story in the process. This becomes most evident in the scenes off the mountain; where the storyline strays from original accounts of the expedition, it struggles the most.
February 25, 2010 at 1:11 am

Each year as Oscar nominations are announced, worthy candidates are inevitably left off the nominations shortlist.
February 25, 2010 at 1:03 am

The name Peter Jackson is synonymous with fantasy, thanks to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but this has not always been the case.
February 25, 2010 at 1:01 am

Street chatted with The Art of the Steal director Don Argott and producer Sheena M. Joyce.
February 25, 2010 at 12:56 am

According to Don Argott’s riveting documentary The Art of the Steal, one of the biggest thefts of recent memory was conducted not by masked men with guns, but by Philadelphia’s own elected officials.
February 25, 2010 at 12:50 am

Roman Polanski has directed yet another cinematic success with The Ghost Writer, a political thriller — and adaptation of Robert Harris’s book of the same name — that acutely delves into the lives of its high-powered characters, isolated from their country and the rest of the world on a secluded, bleak and wintry Massachusetts island compound.
February 25, 2010 at 12:43 am

A few years ago, I watched Raging Bull on a whim. Having finally appreciated a movie not starring Will Ferrell, I vowed to make my way through the rest of Martin Scorsese’s greatest hits.
February 18, 2010 at 4:09 am

After garnering Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay, fall release The Messenger is returning to theaters this week.
February 18, 2010 at 1:11 am

Archie’s too-cool-for-school rock star friends, Josie (Rachael Leigh Cook), Melody (a pre-train wreck Tara Reid) and Valerie (Rosario Dawson) leap off the comic book pages and onto the big screen in this tongue-in-cheek comedy.
February 18, 2010 at 1:07 am

Shutter Island, Scorsese and DiCaprio’s fourth collaboration, finds the legendary duo taking more risks than ever before.
February 18, 2010 at 1:04 am

Street caught up with legends Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Sir Ben Kingsley to discuss their new film, Shutter Island Street: How did you approach this film, and what drew you to the material? Martin Scorsese: I think I just tried to approach it from my own reaction to reading the material.
February 18, 2010 at 12:55 am

St. John of Las Vegas’ opening scene features Steve Buscemi under the unflattering glare of a convenience store’s fluorescent lights.
February 13, 2010 at 2:59 pm

On the surface, Fish Tank seems like the white, British version of awards show-darling Precious. Both films feature teenage girls with big dreams in seemingly hopeless situations, living in poverty with negligent mothers and little guidance.
February 13, 2010 at 2:54 pm

Are werewolves the new vampires? Thanks to a certain tweenage book/movie sensation, it seems like our favorite hairy monsters are making a resurgence on the big screen.
February 10, 2010 at 10:40 pm

A complex web of relationships that all converge over the course of one day? You’re probably thinking you’ve already seen this movie.
February 10, 2010 at 10:33 pm