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Monsieur Lazhar
(Reviewed May 3, 2012)
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Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
(Reviewed April 25, 2012)
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Bully
(Reviewed April 20, 2012)
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Boy
(Reviewed April 12, 2012)
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Damsels in Distress
(Reviewed April 11, 2012)
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The Hunger Games
(Reviewed April 6, 2012)
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Jeff, Who Lives at Home
(Reviewed April 4, 2012)
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Friends With Kids
(Reviewed March 28, 2012)
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The Kid With a Bike
(Reviewed March 19, 2012)
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Undefeated
(Reviewed March 16, 2012)
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Coriolanus
(Reviewed March 7, 2012)
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Albert Nobbs
(Reviewed February 27, 2012)
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Young Adult
(Reviewed February 8, 2012)
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A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
(Reviewed January 24, 2012)
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The Artist
(Reviewed January 23, 2012)
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The Iron Lady
(Reviewed January 20, 2012)
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War Horse
(Reviewed January 12, 2012)
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
(Reviewed January 10, 2012)
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A Dangerous Method
(Reviewed December 22, 2011)
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Shame
(Reviewed December 14, 2011)
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The Descendants
(Reviewed December 1, 2011)
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Melancholia
(Reviewed December 1, 2011)
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Anonymous
(Reviewed November 21, 2011)
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Margin Call
(Reviewed November 21, 2011)
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The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, C.I.A. Spymaster William Colby
(Reviewed November 21, 2011)
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The Way
(Reviewed October 25, 2011)
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Take Shelter
(Reviewed October 18, 2011)
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Toast
(Reviewed October 14, 2011)
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Moneyball
(Reviewed October 4, 2011)
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The Hedgehog (Le Hérisson)
(Reviewed October 3, 2011)
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The Help
(Reviewed October 2, 2011)
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Drive
(Reviewed September 20, 2011)
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The Guard
(Reviewed September 15, 2011)
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Our Idiot Brother
(Reviewed August 26, 2011)
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One Day
(Reviewed August 25, 2011)
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If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
(Reviewed August 18, 2011)
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Tabloid
(Reviewed August 15, 2011)
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Page One: Inside The New York Times
(Reviewed July 15, 2011)
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Tree of Life
(Reviewed July 1, 2011)
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City of Life and Death
(Reviewed June 20, 2011)
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Everything Must Go
(Reviewed June 9, 2011)
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Hesher
(Reviewed June 7, 2011)
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There Be Dragons
(Reviewed May 24, 2011)
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Win Win
(Reviewed May 19, 2011)
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Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter)
(Reviewed April 26, 2011)
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In a Better World (Hævnen)
(Reviewed April 13, 2011)
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Jane Eyre
(Reviewed April 4, 2011)
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A Somewhat Gentle Man (En ganske snill mann)
(Reviewed March 21, 2011)
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Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes et des Dieux)
(Reviewed March 9, 2011)
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Cedar Rapids
(Reviewed March 9, 2011)
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Another Year
(Reviewed February 18, 2011)
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No Strings Attached
(Reviewed February 15, 2011)
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The King's Speech
(Reviewed February 2, 2011)
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True Grit
(Reviewed February 2, 2011)
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Black Swan
(Reviewed January 21, 2011)
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127 Hours
(Reviewed December 22, 2010)
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How Do You Know
(Reviewed December 21, 2010)
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I Love You Phillip Morris
(Reviewed December 20, 2010)
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Cool It
(Reviewed November 19, 2010)
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Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
(Reviewed November 18, 2010)
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Secretariat
(Reviewed November 12, 2010)
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About the rating system:
Because I think of my readers as busy people whose lives, and even whose leisure time, are not organized around movies, I doubt the need for a finely calibrated, four- or five-star rating system, which could only accentuate the subjectivity of movie-reviewing anyway. Such readers, it seems to me, are likely to want instead to know the following:
- Is the movie so good that I simply must see it?
- Is it something that’s worth seeing if I haven’t got anything better to do on a Saturday night?
- Is it a waste of time?
For those who trust me to answer such questions on their behalf, I give for an affirmative answer to the first question 
(two stars), to the second, (one star) and to the third, 
(no stars).
