Film Search
- Jul 19, 2005
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (PG-13)
A collaboration between the living Steven Spielberg and the late Stanley Kubrick seems appropriate to a project that reflects profoundly on the differences between life and nonlife. more...
- Mar 30, 2007
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A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar . . .
Too slick and sound-bitey for its own good, this documentary about U.S. lawyers aims for the smart-aleck tone of its title while throwing out punchy statistics as if it were a PowerPoint presentation. more...
- Jul 2, 2004
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A nous la liberte
Rene Clair's 1931 satire on industrialization was overshadowed for many years by Chaplin's Modern Times and then forgotten, though its recent release on DVD has given it a second—and well-deserved—lease on life. more...
- Mar 27, 2003
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ABC Africa
The most accessible film to date by Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami, though some have been scared away (unwarrantedly, in my opinion) by its subject matter: the many Ugandan children orphaned by AIDS. more...
- Oct 26, 1985
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Abigail's Party
A videotaped version of a Mike Leigh stage play (1977) that is one of his most scathing and extreme works, aptly described by one commentator as a “cocktail party from hell.” A highly insensitive, aggressive, and garish housewife (Alison Steadman) “entertains” three neighbors (Janine Duvitsky, John Salthouse, Harriet Reynolds) while bickering with her uptight husband (Tim Stern). more...
- Nov 12, 2004
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About Baghdad
Shot in July 2003, this collectively made video documentary is by far the most comprehensive account I've seen of how Iraqis view the U.S. war and occupation. more...
- Dec 20, 2002
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About Schmidt
I was so offended by the cynicism and class condescension of Citizen Ruth, Alexander Payne's first feature, that I've remained suspicious of his work even as he's emerged as a more skillful director in Election and this still more ambitious and accomplished film. more...
- Apr 18, 2003
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Above and Beyond
A sober and dutiful black-and-white biopic (1952) starring Robert Taylor as the pilot who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. more...
- Oct 26, 1985
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Above the Law
Formulaic action dross, below the norm. more...
- Oct 26, 1985
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Abraham Lincoln
Both of D.W. Griffith's sound films—Abraham Lincoln (1930) and The Struggle (1931)—were scorned as archaic when they came out, which helps explain why he wasn't allowed to direct again for the 17 remaining years of his life. more...
- Oct 26, 1985
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Absent—or Something Like That
An interesting, varied, and often appealing program of experimental short films and videos. more...
- Oct 26, 1985
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Absolute Beginners
A fascinating attempt by rock video director Julien Temple to do several things at once—adapt a Colin MacInnes novel, show the London youth scene in 1958 (while dealing at length with the racial tensions of the period), build on some of the stylistic innovations of Frank Tashlin, Vincente Minnelli, and Orson Welles, and put to best use a fascinating score by Gil Evans that adapts everything from Charles Mingus to Miles Davis. more...
- Feb 18, 1997
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Absolute Power
Clint Eastwood as producer-director-star strikes out in a rather slack thriller that oddly recalls a couple of Hitchcock's lesser movies, To Catch a Thief and Topaz. more...
- Dec 1, 2006
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Absolute Wilson
Katharina Otto-Bernstein's documentary provides an excellent introduction to the singular vision of avant-garde stage director Robert Wilson. more...