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Reviews

Film of the Week: Taxi

By Jonathan Romney
October 1, 2015
Moving violation: Jafar Panahi's latest film experiment stays funny and loose while addressing the complicated nature of life in Iran

Deep Focus: The Martian

By Michael Sragow
September 30, 2015
Pioneer spirit: Matt Damon brings life (and heart) to Mars in Ridley Scott’s suspenseful piece of quality entertainment

Film of the Week: Anomalisa

By Jonathan Romney
September 28, 2015
Charlie Kaufman's latest meditation on the human condition uses the artifice of its stop-motion characters to offer new answers to some age-old questions

Deep Focus: 99 Homes

By Michael Sragow
September 24, 2015
Ramin Bahrani’s insistent drama about the scandalous housing loan crisis pushes its issue harder than its filmmaking

Film of the Week: Mississippi Grind

By Jonathan Romney
September 22, 2015
Doubling down: Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan Reynolds shine in a Southern road movie about a gambler who can't fold 'em

Deep Focus: Black Mass

By Michael Sragow
September 18, 2015
The star-studded biopic of Boston gangster Whitey Bulger tries to run on faith alone but trips up

Film of the Week: The Fool

By Jonathan Romney
September 18, 2015
Neighborhood watch: an honest man fights the power in Russia's post-Soviet kleptocracy in Yuri Bykov's emphatic tale

Review: Office

By R. Emmet Sweeney
September 14, 2015
On the clock: Johnnie To’s eye-popping film orchestrates a score for the rat race of contemporary work culture

Deep Focus: Time Out of Mind

By Michael Sragow
September 10, 2015
The invisible man: Oren Moverman’s drama about homelessness has the power of its performances deflated by a deluge of aesthetic tricks

Deep Focus: A Walk in the Woods

By Michael Sragow
September 3, 2015
Taking a hike: Robert Redford and Nick Nolte leave the civilized world (and the Bill Bryson book) behind