Drama Rated NR
“…if not the greatest movie of all time, it’s certainly the greatest piece of movie entertainment.”
Drama Rated R
“If you’re going to redo something, redo it right.”
Drama Rated PG
An emphasis on the entertainment value of art cheerfully courses through this fantasy drama, which speculates on the possible inspiration for playwright James Barrie’s Peter Pan. It’s a lush period piece full of passion and whimsy and, at its best, simple fun. All of that can be found in Johnny Depp’s performance as Barrie, a
Drama Rated PG-13
A tantalizing triptych from writer-director Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream), The Fountain stars Hugh Jackman as three different men, each of whom is chasing some variation on the fountain of youth: a 16th-century conquistador; a contemporary scientist; and a 26th-century cosmonaut. Aronofsky speeds back and forth across centuries with the virtuosity of 2001-era Stanley
Writer-director John Singleton returns to the streets of south central Los Angeles, this time to tell the story of a selfish, 20-year-old single father of two who learns to embrace his responsibilities. Though preachy at times, this is a surprisingly inspirational pro-family drama with touches of Singleton’s distinct visual style. Former MTV personality Tyrese Gibson
Elijah Wood stars as a wrongfully expelled Harvard student who seeks solace with his sister in England, only to fall under the influence of her soccer-hooligan brother-in-law Pete (Charlie Hunnam). The movie tragically traces, and inevitably glorifies, how beating someone’s face in at the behest of your buddies can give a lost soul both pride
I have to believe that Hustle & Flow, which was picked up by Paramount Classics at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, was subjected to some heavy meddling on the way to mainstream theaters. I can’t remember another movie that started out so confidently, so utterly sure of its own swagger, and then limped so erratically
A stunning, stylistic depiction of addiction in which a son (Jared Leto) and his girlfriend (Jennifer Connelly) succumb to heroin and cocaine while his mother (a staggering Ellyn Burstyn) gets hooked on diet pills in a desperate attempt to lose weight. Writer-director Darren Aronofsky (Pi) has developed a cinematic shorthand of quick edits and frantic
It took me awhile to get past writer-director Noah Baumbach’s Wes Anderson affectations (Baumbach worked with Anderson on the script for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou), but beneath them is a layer of hurt that feels authentic. Like Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums, this droll drama follows a peculiar, intellectual New York family (headed by
“…captures the pained longings and awkward humor of adolescence in a way that only a few film masters have done.”
