15 results for "Ann Hornaday"
Movie review: Not-so-poetic view of modern farmer in 'Price'
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 12:00 AMThe 38-year-old filmmaker Ramin Bahrani has emerged as one of the most exciting artists on the cinema scene in recent years, with his mesmerizing debut film "Man Push Cart" and then with "Chop Shop" and "Goodbye Solo.&qu...
'Star Trek' franchise gets new villain and boldly goes forward
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 12:00 AMThe nervy reboot of the "Star Trek" franchise by action impresario J.J. Abrams can be summed up, quite simply, as a triumph of casting.
Movie review: 'Mud' a slice of Southern life with true appeal
Friday, April 26, 2013 at 12:00 AMMatthew McConaughey has been on an extraordinary run of late, turning an impressively versatile hat trick in "Bernie," "Magic Mike" and "Killer Joe" while proving that, rather than the tabloid punch line or rom-com ...
Movie review: '42' captures the tension of 'noble experiment'
Friday, April 12, 2013 at 12:00 AMJackie Robinson has long been an elusive presence in contemporary American cinema, as filmmakers tried and failed to bring his life story to the screen. Brian Helgeland has finally succeeded in "42," a stirring, straightforward and ult...
Movie review: 'On the Road' – Kerouac as a buddy film
Friday, April 5, 2013 at 12:00 AMDepending on your generational vantage point, Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel "On the Road" was the defining literary event of its generation or, as Truman Capote famously observed, "just typing."
Movie review: 'No' – small word, big place in history
Friday, March 22, 2013 at 12:00 AMPart political procedural, part seamlessly re-created time capsule, Pablo Larrain's "No" revisits Chile in 1988, when brutal dictator Augusto Pinochet – under pressure from the international community – held a plebiscite ...
Movie review: 'Phantom' takes Soviet sub on final mission
Friday, March 1, 2013 at 12:00 AMOn the heels of a year in which an amazing number of movies portrayed American military, intelligence and political processes without an ounce of cynicism, where can a filmmaker turn for refreshed inspiration? Russia, of course!
Movie review: 'Amour' resolutely faces end-of-life issues
Friday, February 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM"Amour" is a must-see film that not everyone must see, at least right now.
Movie Review: Cast of 'Flight' takes viewers on a wild ride
Friday, November 2, 2012 at 12:00 AMJust in time for the holiday travel season, "Flight" brings audiences perhaps the most harrowing scenes of a troubled airplane ever committed to film.
Movie review: 'Chicken With Plums' feeds the eye
Friday, October 26, 2012 at 12:00 AMIn 2007, Iranian-born graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi made a splash with "Persepolis," her wildly inventive animated memoir of growing up and getting out of her troubled home country. "Chicken With Plums," finds Satrapi dire...
