Chuck Wilson

"Akin is on more solid ground when he lets the natural flow of Istanbul life dictate action and feeling"  

"Baker pulls us deep into the quotidian details of Janet and Lacey’s world, where long summer walks, hours lost to dollhouse play, and whispered bedtime conversations cover deep currents of feeling"  

"Charles Schulz’s Peanuts gang still offers LOLs but never loses sight of the human condition"  

"'Sting' might be only a low-budge spider movie, but it looks great"  

"In its over-the-top horror and action filled finale there is the sense of a filmmaker looking to shock and surprise, but to do so playfully"  

"LaBruce always mixes a heady brew, but this time, working with a gifted lead and superb production values, his outrageous turns of plot land with a surprising emotional resonance."  

"'Buddies' remains an urgently moving study of life and death in the AIDS era"  

"Recognition (and compensation) proved elusive in Lamarr’s lifetime, but in this marvelous documentary, a brilliant woman (...) finally gets her due."  

"'Wait for Your Laugh' offers lots of information, but it fails to make its case (...) A disappointment"  

"All that's ever mattered about The Lion in Winter are Hepburn and O'Toole, and the pleasure we take from watching two masters inspire each other to greatness"  

"A passionately told tale."

"Yes, this is another faux rock documentary, but one so dramatically and visually textured that it reinvents that decidedly worn genre."

"Unlike the grim, torture-filled gore-fests of late, 'Hatchet’s' mayhem is so giddily over-the-top that you end up applauding the low-budget aplomb of it all."

"Powerful war satire."

"It seems time to petition Collette, a truly gifted actress, to take a long hiatus from playing bitter single moms."

"Mitchell -- gives a harrowing, beautifully conceived performance, the depth and arc of which can't be fully appreciated until the film's final scene."

"The only thing more boring than a vampire with moral issues about biting people in the neck is a werewolf who’d rather become fully human than howl at the moon once a month."

"A hit in Denmark, this impressive debut feature from writer-director Anders Thom as Jensen is decidedly offbeat, with Jensen contrasting moments of brutal violence with the emerging gentleness of Torkild and his friends."

"That decade-spanning finale allows the three leads to age onscreen and demonstrate their impressive range, particularly Liu."

"'Heaven Can Wait' may be 73 years old, but it's vibrant and alive, and teaching us anew the central language of film."