Cold in July (2014) Pros: cast Cons: plausibility “Cold in July” (2014, directed by horror-movie director Jim Mickle from a Joe R. Lansdale novel set in1989 in
Factotum Pros: Dillon Cons: Bukowski Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) has admiring readers, though my low tolerance for drunks inoculates me from being one of their number
Words and Pictures (2013) Pros: leads Cons: effort required to suspend disbelief I think that Julette Binoche, who is now 50 years old, is radiantly
The Last September Pros: Gambon, Smith Cons: see last paragraph Once upon a time (whenever PBS broadcast the BBC movie), I was impressed by Harold
Tempo Pros:Bernd and Clarissa Cons: Jojo and his fantasy life Despite what I consider excessive graphic violence, I thought that Stefan Ruzowitzky’s 2012 movie “Deadfall”
Broken (2012) Pros: cast Cons: editing I think that there’s way too much going on in “Broken,” the 2012 feature film debut of stage director
Museum Hours (2012) Pros: art Cons: pace, O’Hara’s character I wanted to watch the 2012 movie written and directed by Jem Cohen, “Museum Hours,” because
Atmen Pros: eventually becomes interesting Cons: slow and opaque start Eighteen- (or nineteen-) year-old Roman Kogler (Thomas Schubert), the young Austrian protagonist of Karl Markovics’s
BIRDMAN or (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) Pros: A masterpiece of concept and execution, with strong acting, visuals, script, and music Cons: Definitely not for
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