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Quintessential Allen. Back to his early NYC movies where a fascinating New York is the real protagonist, city of dreams and chances and neurosis, but THE CITY. And back to his early protagonists, a Catcher-in-the-Rye young man unsatisfie...

Lezione di cinema. Nel setting, nei costumi, nelle scene ma anche nella struttura narrativa. Soprattutto una vicenda di grande attualità: il pregiudizio, l'arroganza del potere, la menzogna per mantenere lo status quo, l'indifferenza all...

It’s ridiculous and indulgent at all times ... Yet there is a weird and heavy backwash of sadness at the end, a kind of melancholy comedown, and I can’t quite decide if that was intentional or not (The Guardian, Richard Curtis'...

Bale brilliantly captures the former vice-president’s bland magnificence in Adam McKay’s entertainingly nihilist biopic (The Guardian). Ambitious, amusing, but confused portrait of Dick Cheney. The movie works in itself but fails to capt...

Van Gogh biopic fades to grey. The visual vibrancy of Julian Schnabel’s rendering of the painter’s last years isn’t matched by his handling of the story (The Guardian). Boring: redundant and obsessive focus on Van Gogh's insanity, v...

"Mary Queen of Scots" explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart (Ronan). Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful thron...

Based on the worldwide best-selling novel by Simon Winchester, THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN is an extraordinary true tale of madness, genius, and obsession about two remarkable men who created history with the writing of the Oxford Engli...

Peterloo review – grit and brilliance in Mike Leigh’s very British massacre It was to be a grand day out: a peaceful rally to call for political reform. But the authorities were spoiling for a fight. The Peterloo massacre marked a turnin...

... After spending a tense beach day with their friends, the Tylers (Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon), Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home. When darkness falls, the Wilsons discov...

Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly offer plenty of odd-couple chemistry in this enjoyably off-beat and heartfelt western. (Time Out.) From acclaimed director Jacques Audiard and based on the novel by Patrick deWitt, THE SISTERS ...