Act of Valor

Ed Burns, a born movie-star rather than an actor, is a confirmed narcissist and therefore the last man in the world to be playing a confidence man

A remarkably watchable Anglo-Indian lesson in moral realities without any moralizing

Lovers of the Arctic Circle is a handsomely constructed fable of love and destiny, written and directed by Julio Medem. Those with a taste for magic realism or the sunny po-mo fables of Jaco Van Dormael (Toto the Hero, The Eighth Day) may well enjoy it, though to my taste its weird Spanish romanticism and…

Please note that the star in this case has a very special meaning. This is that if you have strong nerves and are not subject to nightmares—and you live in one of the few places where Funny Games by the Austrian director Michael Haneke can be seen—by all means go to see it. But don’t…

A surprisingly affectionate portrayal of American “success”-worship and its discontents which is also a barrel of laughs

The long-awaited film version of the s-f classic from the 1970s proves a disappointment — mainly because the 1970s are just so over