Film Review: ‘Dragon Blade’
A sumptuously realized war epic about Romans getting embroiled in Chinese military and architectural shenanigans on the Silk Road, “Dragon Blade” plays as recklessly with classical history as “300”…
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Film Review: ‘My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn’
Rather than take a backseat to "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn, occasional actress and full-time housewife Liz Corfixen fires back with a film of her own.
Film Review: 'Every Face Has a Name'
In fascinating Swedish docu "Every Face Has A Name," helmer Magnus Gertten tracks down and interviews survivors from German concentration camps seen in a 35mm archival film reel showing their arrival…
Off Broadway Review: Superhero Musical ‘Brooklynite’
There’s not much to “Brooklynite,” the new musical about a hardware store clerk named Trey Swieskowski (Matt Doyle) who wants to be a superhero in a world in which the titular New York City borough…
Film Review: ‘The Lazarus Effect’
"Jiro Dreams of Sushi" director David Gelb helms a resurrection thriller starring Mark Duplass and Olivia Wilde.
TV Review: ‘Secrets and Lies’
Better than "Gracepoint" and not as compelling as "Broadchurch," ABC's "Secrets and Lies" is a solid, twisty version of the increasingly popular murdered-kid-sets-series-in-motion formula, with Ryan…
TV Review: ‘Battle Creek’
A bit of an outlier for CBS, "Battle Creek" has about as much heft as the prize in a box of cereal, yet it's also a great deal of fun. A long-dormant, pre-"Breaking Bad" script from Vince Gilligan…
London Theater Review: Ralph Fiennes in ‘Man and Superman’
What a piece of work is "Man and Superman"? Hard work, to be frank. George Bernard Shaw's experimental juggernaut — deemed unstageable in 1903 — makes for three and a half hours of tangled…
Film Review: ‘Greenery Will Bloom Again’
Beautifully lensed scenes testify to the master's 55 years in the director's chair, yet this unexpected return to features lacks the fullness of vision that graced "The Profession of Arms."
Film Review: ‘A German Youth’
Jean-Gabriel Periot's welcome transition to feature-length docus offers a thought-provoking look at the Baader-Meinhof group, seen through the prism of Germany's nascent understanding of democracy.
