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Michael Sragow

Review: Inside Out

By Michael Sragow
June 30, 2015
(Pete Docter, U.S., 2015)

Deep Focus: Ted 2

By Michael Sragow
June 24, 2015
Lout in sheep's clothing: Seth MacFarlane's sequel puts a window-dressing of liberal ideals over the trademark raunch and cultural references

Deep Focus: Manglehorn

By Michael Sragow
June 18, 2015
Pastmaster: an appreciation of Al Pacino, hitting his funky stride yet again in David Gordon Green's latest film and other studies in twilight

Deep Focus: Jurassic World

By Michael Sragow
June 11, 2015
The new batch: the latest installment of Spielberg's dino franchise fails to balance its special effects with truly sentient characters

Deep Focus: Spy

By Michael Sragow
June 3, 2015
Paul Feig's uproarious, splendidly cast parody of espionage thrillers goes straight for the belly laughs (and skips the fat jokes)

Deep Focus: Aloha

By Michael Sragow
May 28, 2015
Heart failure: Cameron Crowe's overstuffed redemption tale brings romance to his characters but without the courtesy of insight or nuance

Deep Focus: Tomorrowland

By Michael Sragow
May 21, 2015
Le Corbusier shrugged: Brad Bird's less-than-spectacular look at the (retro-tinged) world of tomorrow

Deep Focus: Mad Max: Fury Road

By Michael Sragow
May 14, 2015
Who runs the (post-apocalyptic) world? On George Miller's latest entry in his long-running, high-octane saga

Deep Focus: Hot Pursuit

By Michael Sragow
May 4, 2015
Automatic writing: what went wrong with the Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara cop-and-moll buddy comedy?

Deep Focus: Avengers: Age of Ultron

By Michael Sragow
April 29, 2015
Almost human: Joss Whedon's most recent addition to Marvel's franchise machine fails to have any emotional intelligence

Review: Far from the Madding Crowd

By Michael Sragow
April 23, 2015
(Thomas Vinterberg, U.K., 2015)

Deep Focus: Ex Machina

By Michael Sragow
April 22, 2015
Uncanny valley: Alex Garland's coolly perceptive debut tests artificial intelligence and the pleasure principle

Deep Focus: Tangerines

By Michael Sragow
April 15, 2015
Zaza Urushadze’s beautifully lensed, Academy Award-nominated drama about the Abkhazian-Georgian conflict takes no sides

Deep Focus: Clouds of Sils Maria

By Michael Sragow
April 9, 2015
Tell it on the mountain: Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart grapple with the flux of identity and generations in Olivier Assayas's exquisitely attuned latest film

Deep Focus: Furious 7

By Michael Sragow
April 1, 2015
Luxury exports: the deliriously entertaining and increasingly global franchise rides out on a high note

Deep Focus: White God

By Michael Sragow
March 26, 2015
Obedience school: Kornél Mundruczó's moralistic, modern-day parable about outsiders has little bark and no bite

Deep Focus: The Gunman

By Michael Sragow
March 18, 2015
Sean Penn tries to follow Liam Neeson's path to second-career glory in this politically aware thriller, but fails to land a punch

Deep Focus: Cinderella

By Michael Sragow
March 11, 2015
In her shoes: Kenneth Branagh and a sparkling cast revive the Charles Perrault fairy tale with brio

Deep Focus: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

By Michael Sragow
March 4, 2015
Is this gerontic paradise located in the heart of mushville, or further out on breezier, feel-good pastures?

Deep Focus: Maps to the Stars

By Michael Sragow
February 26, 2015
David Cronenberg’s formalist and fungoid Hollywood satire cum ghost story, featuring Julianne Moore's other award-winning tour de force