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Reviews

Review: The Duke of Burgundy

By Steven Mears
December 30, 2014
(Peter Strickland, U.K., 2014)

Review: Tip Top

By Nicholas Elliott
December 30, 2014
(Serge Bozon, France, 2013)

Review: Mommy

By Joumane Chahine
December 30, 2014
(Xavier Dolan, Canada, 2014)

Deep Focus: The Interview

By Michael Sragow
December 30, 2014
Going rogue: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's buddy comedy has all the potty-mouthed raunch you might expect—but who is its real star?

Deep Focus: Selma

By Michael Sragow
December 29, 2014
The more things change: Ava DuVernay offers a sometimes indirect portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. at a crucial moment

Film of the Week: Into the Woods

By Jonathan Romney
December 19, 2014
Trick of the tale: Rob Marshall's adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical lacks the original's edginess

Deep Focus: The Hobbit: The Battle of the 5 Armies

By Michael Sragow
December 17, 2014
Peter Jackson's 10-year quest to adapt Tolkein's Middle Earth books concludes with lyrical grandeur

Films of the Week: Maidan and We Are the Giant

By Jonathan Romney
December 11, 2014
Radical views: two documentaries go deeper inside recent protests than social or news media dares

Deep Focus: Top Five

By Michael Sragow
December 10, 2014
Maximum charisma: Chris Rock's meditation on black celebrity confirms the virtuoso comic's strength as a filmmaker

Film of the Week: A Most Violent Year

By Jonathan Romney
December 5, 2014
An early look at the past: J.C. Chandor's superb Fear City-era mob tale