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Inside Llewyn Davis chronicles a '60s folk singer using biting humor—and great tunes.
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Inside Llewyn Davis chronicles a '60s folk singer using biting humor—and great tunes.
Among the Cannes Film Festival's highlights thus far have been The Bling Ring and Jeune et jolie, two films about bored adolescents dabbling in criminal activity.
As before, the cast is lively, the plot ridiculous, and the action nearly nonstop.
Noah Baumbach's film about a kind-hearted but directionless 27-year-old woman has warmth, humor, and witty dialogue—without the obligatory kiss at the end.
Critics have noted that the world's most prestigious film festival will spotlight an outsize number of movies from its host country—as well, of course, as from the U.S.
It's not that Gatsby can't be filmed. It's that it can't be filmed by this Hollywood.
The Jackie Robinson biopic paints the Pittsburgh franchise as a laughingstock and a home to bigoted players—without much basis in historical fact.
Tobey Maguire plays Nick Carraway as guileless heterosexual—but in the novel, his sexuality's ambiguous, and he's linked to Gatsby & co. by their shared need for deception.
Baz Luhrmann's adaptation is just the latest example of his tragic attraction to tragedy.
Celebrating the book doesn't mean contradicting its message, and dressing up and drinking champagne is a better use of time than watching Luhrmann's dud.
With Steven Spielberg presiding over a high-profile melange of actors and filmmakers in the judging committee, there could be some blending and clashing of artistic visions.
The details of the new film's wardrobe aren't historically accurate, but its costumes successfully convey the glamour and decadence of the era for a 21st-century audience.
At the height of his career, the Great Gatsby author lived worlds away from the movie industry; later in his life, he reluctantly tried to make a living off of it—to tepid results.
The book is meant to condemn decadence, not celebrate it.
A chat about sympathizing with out-of-line celebrities
Sure, the plot's a mess. But Robert Downey Jr. and writer/director Shane Black keep the focus where it belongs: on the man, not his armor.
Jennifer Lawrence and Natalie Portman wax poetic about Meryl; Jon Hamm has a photo of Harrison Ford on his fridge.
Mars has always seemed like an underdog, while Braff has always seemed like a smug success. But isn't a rich person asking for money a rich person asking for money?
Some ideas for films about America's pastime that, unlike 42, don't culminate in miraculous home runs
Tom Cruise stars in a mildly satisfying sci-fi epic that thinks it's smarter than it is.
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