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 February 18, 2011Movies Update |
Movie Reviews Castaways, Soldiers and a Good Car ChaseBy MANOHLA DARGISThe Film Comment Selects series exhumes the old and rounds up the new, unearthing treasures and curiosities set next to recent movies with and without American distribution.  Movie Review | 'Vanishing on 7th Street'Disappearing People, Leaving a Lot of Clothes BehindBy MANOHLA DARGISThe something wicked that comes creeping like night in "Vanishing on 7th Street," seemingly sucking people right out of their homes, cars and clothes, arrives without warning. ADVERTISEMENT   Movie Review | 'Even the Rain'Discovering Columbus's ExploitationBy STEPHEN HOLDENA movie within a movie, "Even the Rain" draws parallels between the European colonialism of antiquity and more modern forms of exploiting indigenous populations.  Movie Review | 'Putty Hill'Drugs, Death and Downward Mobility in BaltimoreBy STEPHEN HOLDENMatt Porterfield's "Putty Hill" is a moody fusion of fiction and documentary, set in a working-class neighborhood in Baltimore.  Movie Review | 'We Are What We Are''We Are What We Are': They Are What They EatBy JEANNETTE CATSOULISJorge Michel Grau's "We Are What We Are" follows the fortunes of a group of cannibals in Mexico City after its diseased leader dies in a shopping mall.  Movie Review | 'Unknown'Me, My Doppelgänger and a Dunk in the RiverBy MANOHLA DARGISIn Jaume Collet-Serra's "Unknown," Liam Neeson plays a botanist who wakes up in the hospital without any identification and with a missing wife (January Jones).  Movie Review | 'I Am Number Four'Tales of Teenage AliensBy JEANNETTE CATSOULISDirected by D. J. Caruso, "I Am Number Four" is a high school movie with a dollop of science fiction: teenage aliens are being pursued by evil Mogadorians.  Movie Review | 'The Last Lions'Tooth-and-Claw Life of a Dedicated Single MotherBy MANOHLA DARGIS"The Last Lions," a heart-heavy wildlife documentary about the burdens of parenthood in a lion family, was created by Dereck and Beverly Joubert and narrated by Jeremy Irons.  Movie Review | 'Zero Bridge'Bridges Can Still Exist in a Divided LandBy MIKE HALE"Zero Bridge" is a moving slice of life from a corner of the world usually seen only in news reports. News & Features Indie Films From a Land Short on IndependenceBy LARRY ROHTERFive Chinese directors whose work is unlikely to receive official approval at home are on the bill at MoMA's Documentary Fortnight festival.  The Sound and the Feel of Oscar-WorthinessBy MELENA RYZIKThe toughest Oscar categories to guess are the technical ones, because only the pros know how much yak hair went into creating Wolfman.  On Screen, the Frenzied Yet Friendly World of Justin BieberBy JON CARAMANICAVery much in spite of itself, "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" ends up being the best argument to date for its subject as a singer, far more convincing than his albums.  Hollywood's WhiteoutBy MANOHLA DARGIS and A. O. SCOTTThe films nominated for best-picture Oscars this year are like most films released in the United States in 2010: very white. DVD DVDsPainting It Red: Midcareer MinnelliBy DAVE KEHRFour nonmusical films by Vincente Minnelli are being released by the Warner Archive Collection. ADVERTISEMENT | Photos & Video |
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