• Troop Zero

    Capsule Reviews: January 2020 Digital Releases

    Close Enemies French crime drama about Manuel (Matthias Schoenaerts) and Driss (Reda Kateb), who grew up in the same Muslim community, but now live on opposite sides of the law. Kateb, in particular, quite strong as a conflicted narcotics detective who sees himself as uniquely qualified to gain the trust ...
  • Heaven Knows What

    Capsule Reviews: May 2015 Limited Releases

    Aloft Indie drama which screened in competition at Berlin, about a desperate mother (Jennifer Connelly) who turns to a faith healer to cure her terminally ill son, and also about her traumatized other son (Cillian Murphy) who tracks her down 20 years later in the Canadian Arctic. Peruvian filmmaker Claudia ...
  • Paddington

    Capsule Reviews: January 2015 Wide Releases

    Black or White* Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer star in this family melodrama as opposing grandparents of a young biracial girl fighting for custody of her. Everything about this sentimental, heart-tugging flick — from the twinkly score to the moral lessons learned to the ghostly visitations from dead spouses to ...