Fargo

This not-very-funny comedy does at least hold some interest as a parable of black upward mobility.

Yet another attempt by Hollywood to pass off kiddie kartoons as fun for all ages

How do you get away, in today’s Hollywood, with a movie celebrating masculine domination and feminine submission? Easy! Make it a matter of kinky sex.

An inspirational tribute to European unity from a director who is clearly capable of better things

A very watchable film with a highly unoriginal Big Idea about the origins of war and violence

All the way through The Winter Guest, which was directed and co-written by the fine British actor Alan Rickman, I was bothered by the fact that the action (I use the term loosely) was supposed to be taking place on “the coldest day in living memory” in East Fife, Scotland. Anyone who has ever been…