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The 2012 Anna Karenina film exists much closer to the book than most adaptations. Tolstoy captures humanity better than most; Anna Karenina is timeless.
Brett McCrackenFilm Reviews/HollywoodQuentin Tarantinotorturemovie violenceZero Dark ThirtyNewtownKathryn Bigelow
In a movie, does depiction equal endorsement? A look at the controversies in Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" & Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained."
Guest WriterFilm Reviews/Hollywood
"Les Miserables" fails as a musical, though the book needs to be read. In fact, that's why the book needs to be read: the musical fails.
Brett McCrackenFilm Reviews/HollywoodSiegfried KracauerTom HooperVictor HugoMichael GersonLes Miserablesfilm theory
Tom Hooper's "Les Miserables" is criticized as often as it is lauded. Critic Brett McCracken takes a look at why it's OK that "Les Mis" moves us.
Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood
Don't Waste your Blackjack: Holy Rollers and Christian Gamblers
Cate MacDonaldFilm Reviews/Hollywood
Cowboys and Aliens and Entertainment
Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/HollywoodCulture
Marriage, the Medium, and Friday Night Lights
Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood
The meaning of Tree of Life cannot be discovered from the music that Terence Malick chooses to use in the final scene.
Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood
Tree of Life: A Review by Nathan Hitchen
Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood
Under Review: The Lincoln Lawyer
Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood
The Polarization of Hollywood
Christopher BensonFilm Reviews/Hollywood
The Culture Wars Played Out in the American Cinema House