Christmas in July

The Tao of Steve by Jenniphr Goodman is a likeable little slacker film set in (or near) Santa Fe, but a little too top-heavy with talk — in particular philosophical talk — as many indy first films by would-be intellectuals tend to be. We mustn’t be too hard on them. And the idea is a…

Another sloppy, self-indulgent and unfunny film from Woody Allen’s seemingly interminable late period

The decision to make this based-on-fact saga into a thriller rather than a moral drama may have been arisen from the assumption that the audience wouldn’t know how the story comes out

A devastating look at the corrupt political and educational establishment in New Jersey with powerful implications for other states

Sofia Coppola has won all sorts of golden opinions for this movie, as has Bill Murray — but nothing happens in it!

A period piece from the great days of the nouvelle vague and imitation French noir. You should get a kick out of it.