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Stories We Tell (2013)

Documentary Rated PG-13

“Polley is genuinely intrigued in the project as both a daughter and a filmmaker.”

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…may not be satisfyingly true – at least for purists – to the original Gene Roddenberry television series. But it’s true to good filmmaking, and that’s what matters.”

L’Avventura (1960)

Drama Rated NR

“Carelessness – physical, emotional, intellectual and relational – is something of a virus in L’Avventura.”

Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)

Thriller Rated NR

“…gives you a sense of the discomfort, fear and even paranoia that may have been in the air regarding the burgeoning field of psychoanalysis.”

The Great Gatsby (2013)

Drama Rated PG-13

“If you’re able to make it through the first party scene at Gatsby’s mansion, you’ll come out on the other side to find a film of surprising restraint and patience.”

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“A shrug of a film…that has the diminutive stature of a DVD extra.”

Mud (2013)

Drama Rated PG-13

“I liked Mud. What’s frustrating is feeling as if I could have loved it.”

Pain & Gain (2013)

Comedy Rated R

“I can’t help but wonder if Pain & Gain is the reason Michael Bay was put on this earth.”

Upstream Color (2013)

Drama Rated NR

“…works on its own idiosyncratic wavelength, one that isn’t alienating, but isn’t quite approachable either.”

Primer (2004)

Drama Rated PG-13

“Where’s Doc Brown when you need him?”

Recent Reviews

Blue Heron (2026)

Drama Rated NR

“… demonstrates how the past always seems to elude us, no matter what tools we bring to bear on it.”

The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)

Drama Rated R

“… takes its time getting interesting.”

Rome Open City (1945)

Thriller Rated NR

“… has a ramshackle neorealism, yet pulses with the tension of an espionage thriller.”


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