A riches-to-rags documentary about the world’s least pitiable victims of the recession and their unfinished mega-mansion. Our schadenfreude cup runneth over.
Reviews
TIME’s Review of The Dark Knight Rises: To the Depths, to the Heights
Make way, puny Avengers, for the grand tale of a superhero in emotional crisis, as Gotham City faces economic collapse and a reign of terror. Can Batman even come to his own rescue?
Singin’ in the Rain Is Back: What a Glorious Feeling!
The great 1952 musical celebrates its 60th anniversary on DVD and in real movie houses. That’s something to sing and dance about
Easy Money: From Stockholm With Drugs
Joel Kinnaman of ‘The Killing’ plays a young man on the perilous rise through the Swedish upper class and the Serbian drug underworld
Ice Age: Continental Drift: Franchise is Officially Frozen
The fourth in the popular series features Manny the wooly mammoth separated from his wife and child by plate tectonics. The earth did not move for this reviewer
Red Lights: Even Robert De Niro Couldn’t Put the Brakes on This Muddled Thriller
Despite the pleasures of a haughty Sigourney Weaver and a menacing De Niro, Rodrigo Cortés’ paranormal-detective story simply stops making sense
Frank Ocean Pours His Heart Out on Channel Orange: Album Review
A week after the singer-songwriter came out on his Tumblr page, he drops an album—saving some fearlessness and honesty for his music
Dirty Projectors Hit a Serious Emotional Stride on Swing Lo Magellan
Longstreth and Co. trade bravado for honesty on their sixth studio album
New York Asian Film Festival: A Scalding Wind from the East
The summer’s most invigorating movie series offers mind-blowing treats from the pop cinemas of Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and beyond
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon: Arm-Wrestling and Ping-Ponging Toward Maturity
In this grass-is-always-greener scenario, two brothers confront old jealousies while waging a fierce but fairly ridiculous competition
Oliver Stone’s Savages: It’s the Dope
In a welcome return to his nutsy-greatsy days, the veteran director fever-dreams a drug war between California dudes and a Mexican killer cartel
Chris Brown’s Fortune: A Mix of Beats and Ballads, But No Regrets
Chris Brown’s ‘Fortune’ is in stores today. Don’t buy it.
The Amazing Spider-Man: An Unnecessary Yet Exhilarating Reboot
Everything not-so-old (the last Spidey was only five years ago) feels new again in Marc Webb’s take on the Marvel Comics hero