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Wiig captivates in funny, disturbing 'Welcome to Me'

Sunday, 17 May 2015, 14:58 Last update: about 10 years ago

There's dark comedy, and then there's take-no-prisoners, dare-you-to-keep-looking dark comedy. Kristen Wiig's "Welcome to Me" falls decidedly in the latter category, making us laugh but feel deeply...

Schwarzenegger surprises in zombie drama 'Maggie'

Saturday, 16 May 2015, 14:27 Last update: about 10 years ago

Would you stand by your child if she was slowly dying of a gruesome and highly contagious illness? That's the central question that Arnold Schwarzenegger has to face in "Maggie," a terminal illness...

'Saint Laurent' is compelling yet maddening, too

Friday, 15 May 2015, 14:26 Last update: about 10 years ago

There's a wonderful scene in "Saint Laurent," the sumptuous, exciting and also maddening new film by Bertrand Bonello, in which we watch the famous designer casually display his brilliance. A...

'Age of Ultron' is an Avengers overdose

Thursday, 14 May 2015, 14:25 Last update: about 10 years ago

It will surely stand as one of the most peculiar and possibly ironic entries in a director's filmography that in between Joss Whedon's two "Avengers" films there reads "Much Ado About Nothing": a...

'Adaline' is both ludicrous and deeply moving

Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 14:23 Last update: about 10 years ago

Is it possible for a movie to be at once ludicrously silly and genuinely moving? That's the strange question you might find yourself asking while watching "The Age of Adaline," a romantic fantasy with...

Russell Crowe's 'Diviner' a robust, assured war tale

Saturday, 9 May 2015, 14:57 Last update: about 10 years ago

Making his directorial debut with the brawny and big-hearted Australian war drama "The Water Diviner," Russell Crowe taps a deep well of symbolism, cultural empathy and good old-fashioned...

Indie 'Adult Beginners' explores familiar territory

Friday, 8 May 2015, 14:56 Last update: about 10 years ago

The cinema of borderline depressive thirtysomethings living in reasonably pleasant suburban environs might as well be a genre unto itself. While it's still a valid premise for exploration, its latest...

Carey Mulligan finds the modernity in Hardy

Thursday, 7 May 2015, 14:54 Last update: about 10 years ago

Carey Mulligan's face could easily be a liability. From her delicately dimpled cheeks, sad almond eyes and doughy expressiveness, her innocent beauty is one that might have condemned her to silly high...

Binoche, Stewart excel in Assayas' meditation on age

Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 14:49 Last update: about 10 years ago

The aging actress has always been a deliciously potent subject for movies, from Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard" to Margo Channing in "All About Eve" and way beyond. It's clear why: The...

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