ALMOST HUMAN Wednesday, April 16

‘Under the Skin’ casts a hypnotic spell of experiencing the world for the first time

DEVOLVING SCI-FI Wednesday, April 16

Wally Pfister's feature-film directorial debut loses itself 
in pure fantasy in its second half

LOVE THE BOMB Tuesday, April 15

I recently found a cheery Internet article about a new scientific study that concluded that “even a ‘small’ nuclear war would destroy the world.” A child of the …

OLYMPIC-LEVEL RECYCLING Wednesday, April 9

It's like discovering that your grandma has 
 another life as a secret agent or something. 
 The humble yellow school bus, the kind we see rumbling through sleepy American suburban streets, the kind you may once have actually ridden yourself — …

AVENGING SURVEILLANCE Wednesday, April 2

In a plot Edward Snowden would approve of, Captain America wrestles with more than the Winter Soldier

UNFUN, UNPLEASANT, UNEROTIC Wednesday, April 2

Lars von Trier's tedious, unenlightening portrayal of hypersexualized women leaves you wondering why you even bothered

RIGHT THIS WAY Wednesday, March 26

Tony Revolori, Wes Anderson's ‘lobby boy,' on Anderson's quirky obsessions, working with legends and his photographic memory

THE STYLE IS ENOUGH Wednesday, March 26

Wes Anderson's latest — a mad, cross-country caper — has too many cameos and not enough plot

NOT BAD ENOUGH Wednesday, March 26

Jason Bateman's directorial debut lacks 
the courage of its misanthropic convictions

The Most Dangerous Puppet Wednesday, March 19

In the annals of Hollywood, no puppet has seen more success on the big screen than Kermit the Frog, though many have tried. Punch was unable to make the transition from street theater to the silver screen in the 1920s, and the arrival of sound was …