Krivina Review

With his first feature film, Krivina, Igor Drljaca crafts a lyrical, dreamy and purposefully contemplative search for self in an artfully made film bourne from a simple search for answers.

Knife Fight Review

With a plot oddly similar to a comedic version of The Ides of March from a couple of years ago, the political satire Knife Fight comes from a good pedigree, but it's still nothing that hasn't been seen before and better especially in the past few years.

Broken City Review

Marred by a pretty lacking script, Broken City isn't so much awful as it is wholly predictable and almost instantly forgettable.

On the Road Review

While not a bad film overall, the probably unadaptable On the Road captures an admirably realistic feeling sense of aimlessness and youthful hedonism, but it's hard to shake the feeling that something big is still missing

Mekong Hotel Review

Opaque and inscrutable by design, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's follow up to his most successful feature, the lengthy short film Mekong Hotel almost feels to dry to warrant a second viewing despite its waterlogged setting.

Beware of Mr. Baker Review

Beware of Mr. Baker is one of the sharpest rock music documentaries to come down the pike in quite some time, and we're not just saying that because we're afraid of the film's subject beating us senseless.

Mama Review

Deceptively simple, but effective on the surface, Mama has a lot more depth than one would expect thanks to sharp writing and a great lead performance from Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain. It revives the "creepy child" horror movie from the jaws of tedium.

The Last Stand Review

It's gleefully over the top, but The Last Stand easily stacks up nicely side by side with Arnold Schwarzenegger's best work, marking a true return to form for the long missing action hero.

The Waiting Room Review

Offering an interesting counterpoint to dry and stuff polemics and television fantasies, the hospital set documentary The Waiting Room offers a great counterpoint and a nuanced look at the personal side of hospital economics.

Quartet Review

Already somewhat underrated, Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut Quartet will appeal beyond the older crowd it's aimed at and giving plenty of laughs and great performances to people who couldn't care less about old people and the opera in the slightest.

This Week in DVD: 1/15/13

Looking to shake the early winter doldrums? Before you head out or order in a movie out on DVD this week, take a look at our eclectic line-up of reviews including the action of Taken 2 and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, the martial arts mayhem of Swords of Dragons Gate, the drama of Won't Back Down, the visual splendour of Samsara, and the return of Woody Allen in To Rome with Love.

Gangster Squad Review

It's not much more than pulpy, violent gangster entertainment, but Gangster Squad is a blending of old timey conventions with modern filmmaking techniques that makes for major studio B-movie goodness that should be praised rather than condemned.

Zero Dark Thirty Review

In the best film of her already great career, Kathryn Bigelow and a thoroughly excellent Jessica Chastain create the ultimate impartial treatise on modern warfare with Zero Dark Thirty.

The Ambassador Review

With his satirical expose of diplomatic corruption in the meta-documentary The Ambassador Danish provocateur Mads Bruegger has crafted a fascinating film that's more easily admired than it is liked.

A Dark Truth Review

A Dark Truth is an important film... Or at least writer/director Damian Lee is convinced that’s the case and is prepared to slap his audience in the face repeatedly until they agree.