Staff Reviews
"Let people do what they want with their own bodies and property": Q&A with Todd Seavey
'Libertarianism for Beginners' was born in seeing the Soviet Union collapse.
Snoop Dogg Didn't Watch the New Roots Miniseries. What About You?
The rapper makes a passionate, NSFW case against the classic. He's really on to something.
Naomi Klein Changes Nothing
The laws of nature do not mandate a progressive paradise.
Nightcrawler and Horns
Jake Gyllenhaal brings the creepy, Daniel Radcliffe gets lost in a failed fright flick.
Birdman and Fury
Michael Keaton at his high-flying best, Brad Pitt bogged down in the mud of war.
Whiplash and The Judge
J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller jazz it up, Downey and Duvall go to court.
The Equalizer and Jimi: All Is by My Side
Denzel Washington kickstarts a franchise, Andre Benjamin illuminates a Hendrix biopic.
The Maze Runner and A Walk Among the Tombstones
More teen dystopia, and some middling Liam Neeson crime action.
Naomi Klein Changes Nothing With This Changes Everything
The laws of nature do not mandate a progressive paradise.
What Ken Burns' New Film Gets Right—and Wrong—About the Roosevelts
In his latest documentary, Ken Burns examines the tangled lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
The Skeleton Twins and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (Them)
Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig get serious, Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy sail the sea of heartbreak.
Wetlands and The Longest Week
A wild German import, and a limp Woody Allen tribute Jason Bateman can't quite save.
The November Man and Life of Crime
Pierce Brosnan gets back in the spy game, Jennifer Aniston takes on Elmore Leonard.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Another all-star helping of blood and bullets from Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller.
Frank: Radiant Music and Madness. The Giver: Unnecessary Helping of Teen Dys-dopia.
Michael Fassbender gets a big head, and Jeff Bridges mutters through yet another post-apocalyptic franchise attempt.
What If: A Rom-Com Gem. Land Ho!: A Charming Indie Road Trip.
Zoe Kazan and Daniel Radcliffe in love and confusion, and two unconquerable codgers on an Icelandic adventure.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Beautiful Schlock. Get on Up Does Some Justice.
A spaced-out blockbuster and a problematic tribute to the great James Brown.
Magic in the Moonlight: Good Woody. Lucy: Girl Powers.
Colin Firth joins Allen on the Côte d'Azur, and Scarlett Johansson explores several new mental dimensions.
Boyhood: Life Itself. I Origins: Adrift in the Spirit World.
Richard Linklater delivers a long-form masterwork, Michael Pitt and Brit Marling get lost in a sci-fi muddle.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Blockbuster With a Brain
Director Matt Reeves elevates the Big Summer Movie into something worth thinking about.
A Hard Day's Night: Beatlemania Revisited
Richard Lester's pop classic shines again in a new Criterion restoration.
Out of Step: A Monument to a Great Music Critic. Snowpiercer: Dystopia Revisited. Transformers: Age of Extinction: Whatever.
Nat Hentoff gets his due, Chris Evans hops a train, and Michael Bay does what he does all over again.
22 Jump Street and The Rover: Top Drawer Laughs, Bottom-Shelf Dystopia
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill score again, Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson…don't.
The Fault in Our Stars and Edge of Tomorrow: Teenage Tears and Blockbusting Terrors
Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort cement their stardom, and Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt kick several acres of alien butt.
A Million Ways to Die in the West Is a One-Note Jokefest, Maleficent Is Modern Disney Magic
Seth MacFarlane is not quite ready for the big screen, but Angelina Jolie rules over a Sleeping Beauty spinoff.
X-Men: Days of Future Past Is Near-Perfect, While Cold in July Has an Old-School Flair
Hugh Jackman in a time-tripping blockbuster, Michael C. Hall and Don Johnson in a nasty little noir.
What Fed Up Gets Wrong About the Food Industry
The new documentary Fed Up claims to shine a critical light on the food industry and the "obesity epidemic." But it ignores the real culprit.
Godzilla Brings Monsters To Life
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Bryan Cranston in a great monster mashup.
Demented Excess and More in Chef, Neighbors, and Palo Alto
Food porn, frat boys, and teenage wasteland revisited
Blood Glacier Isn't Total Crap; Zombeavers Is
Screaming death birds and undead aqua-rodents.
