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Edelstein on Killing Them Softly: A Seventies Thriller Trapped in a Bailout-Era Body
Brad Pitt teams up again with the director of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
Edelstein: The Gorgeous Life of Pi Is Transcendent
You'll walk out of Ang Lee's latest fervently believing in the magic of movies.
Edelstein: Mea Maxima Culpa Strikes the Right Balance Between Sobriety and Sensationalism
This documentary looks at the story of a priest that molested more than 200 deaf children.
Edelstein on Silver Linings Playbook: Jennifer Lawrence Will Knock You Sideways
This new psycho-comedy is directed by David O. Russell.
Edelstein on Joe Wright's Anna Karenina: A Boldly Original Miscalculation
A tour de force in the wrong direction.
Edelstein on Skyfall: The Bond Myth Is Mightier Than Ever
Sam Mendes sends 007 into a battle that’s not just Bondian — it’s Oedipal, it’s biblical. And it’s absolutely thrilling.
Edelstein: Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln Is Splendid, Masterful
Spielberg should make a prequel to this movie.
Edelstein on A Late Quartet: Walken, Hoffman, and Keener Play Beautiful Music Together
Soap operas featuring musicians are in a different league than all the rest.
Edelstein on Flight: Denzel Washington Is Titanic As a Drunk Hero Pilot
No actor is as brilliant, or as cunning, as Denzel Washington at portraying superhuman coolness and the scary prospect of its loss.
Cloud Atlas Rumble: A Movie and Book Critic Square Off Over the Centuries-Spanning Film
David Edelstein vs. Kathryn Schulz ... GO!
Edelstein on Alex Cross: Coarse, Punishing, and Conscienceless
Where's Morgan Freeman when you actually need him?
Edelstein: The Sessions Rises Far Above Its Disability-of-the Week Conceit
A sexual coming-of-age movie. For a 38-year-old man in an iron lung.
Edelstein on Holy Motors: A Film of Unfettered Imagination
Director Léos Carax is incapable of an impersonal shot.
Edelstein on Sinister: Can a Single Movie Snuff Out One’s Love of Horror Films?
When a genre comes to consist principally of movies like this, then it’s time to find some other way of getting your jollies.
Edelstein on Affleck’s Argo: An Irresistible Blend of Cool Realism and Hollywood Hokum
Ben Affleck mashes up political thrills with movie-business satire in his new film.
Edelstein on Taken 2: Look Who’s Taken Now
Rated PG-13, this sequel could have done with a tad more splatter.
Edelstein on Pitch Perfect: This A Cappella Musical Comedy Sings the Sweetest Song
It's the year’s most exhilarating pick-me-up.
Edelstein: The Time Traveling Looper Delivers in Spite of Iffy Logic
You must remember this: The fundamental things don’t apply as time goes by in the ballyhooed time-travel thriller Looper.
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