Film / Reviews Jan 2, 2022
‘Don’t Look Up’: Tick, tick, kablooey
by Manohla Dargis
Adam McKay wants you to know that it’s the end of the world and you should absolutely, unequivocally not feel fine. (But do laugh.)
Film / Reviews Mar 22, 2017
'Passengers': Futuristic, but the same old fairy tale
by Kaori Shoji
A lot of feminists hate Morten Tyldum's "Passengers," and for good reasons. Though it's set in a bright, high-tech future where luxury space travel is the norm, where women are concerned the story's underlying sentiments hail straight from the Middle Ages. On the other ...
Film Nov 26, 2015
by George Hadley-Garcia
At the London premiere of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2," actress Natalie Dormer, who plays Cressida in the film, received quite the surprise when she was accidentally kissed on the mouth by costar Jennifer Lawrence. The Internet went nuts. "I sort of jumped," ...
Film Jun 11, 2015
'Mockingjay' rises toward a revolution
by George Hadley-Garcia
Today's Hollywood is great at catering to the superfan. Whether it's the dedicated following that supports (or argues over) TV shows like "Game of Thrones," "True Blood" or "The Walking Dead," or the comic-book enthusiasts that salivate over every detail of a superhero flick ...
Film Jan 2, 2014
Our movie highlights of the coming year
by Mark Schilling, Kaori Shoji and Giovanni Fazio
Another year, another raft of unmissable movies. Here are the most hotly anticipated releases for JT film critics Mark Schilling, Kaori Shoji and Giovanni Fazio — get them in your diary now. "American Hustle" (directed by David O. Russell; opens Jan. 31): After "The Fighter" ...
Film Dec 26, 2013
Kaori Shoji's 2013 Top 10: films that aren't backward about coming forward
by Kaori Shoji
It has been a year of documentaries made on big ideas and small resources. At the other end of the spectrum, some of the best fiction films had the look and feel of a documentary, attesting to the modern notion that the individual and ...