Posts tagged with "5 stars"



The Zone of Interest
Every atrocity is a statistic to Auschwitz commandant Rudolph Höss in writer-director Jonathan Glazer’s shattering indictment of the unspeakable.

Anatomy of a Fall (‘Anatomie d’une Chute’)
Sandra Hüller’s performance pulses like a wound in director Justine Triet’s vivisection of a marriage.

The Banshees of Inisherin
When a friendship goes bad, both sides are victims in playwright Martin McDonagh's dazzling mosaic of betrayal.

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
And only the devil himself could love these two errant, thieving, inept sons...

Watchmen
Director Zack Synder breaks the superhero persona down to its frail human bones.

No Country for Old Men
So superbly acted and subtly devastating that you’ll be replaying scenes from it for weeks.

Up
Balloon salesman Carl’s South American adventure is every optimist’s dream.

Young@Heart
For this Massachusetts-based choir, every note is a cry of defiance against old age.

Juno
Love it (and Ellen Page) as much for the sardonic wisecracks as for the tender heart that beats beneath them.

Les Misérables
Hugh Jackson brings tumultuous anguish and an A-plus set of pipes — often simultaneously, and without one shrill or sour note.

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