Everyone is loving and lovable in a romantic comedy that challenges an audience’s tolerance for glucose
Review
Blue Is the Warmest Color: How Much Sex Is Too Much Sex?
The NC-17 Cannes prize winner has earned raves and condemnation. Either way, this one is unmissable
The Counselor: Hard-Boiled Hokum
The world presented in Cormac McCarthy’s original screenplay (his first) is mind-numbingly portentous and brutal
Carrie: A Remake Not Worth the Blood or Bother
Despite the best efforts of Chloë Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore, this new film shows that sometimes a good girl should stay dead
12 Years a Slave: An Unflinching Take on the Great American Shame
Director Steve McQueen’s raw document stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender and — isn’t that Brad Pitt?
All Is Lost: Robert Redford’s See-Worthy Adventure
A man alone, fighting fate on a disabled boat, provides one of the year’s richest experiences
The Fifth Estate: A Hollywood Cartoon of Julian Assange
In ‘Dreamgirls’ director Bill Condon’s bio-pic, the WikiLeaks saga becomes a lopsided bromance
Spike Jonze’s her: Falling in Love With the IT Girl
Joaquin Phoenix is the lovelorn guy with a dreamy OS in this gorgeously sweet romance
Captain Phillips: Tom Hanks and the Pirates of the Somali Coast
The two-time Oscar winner plays a real-life American hero in Paul Greengrass’s pounding, jittery docudrama
Gravity: The Glory of Cinema’s Future
George Clooney is Buzz Lightyear and Sandra Bullock is Space Goddessy in Alfonso Cuarón’s epic adventure of survival
Don Jon: Love, Lust and Loneliness
Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s debut as writer-director is glib and fun—and even better when Julianne Moore is onscreen
Prisoners: There’s a Good Thriller in Here Somewhere
A family-drama kidnap movie aims for Oscar but hits the skids
Enough Said: When Tony Met Elaine
Nicole Holofcener’s clever comedy of errors features the late James Gandolfini in a tender, funny performance