It seems far-fetched that “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” Mohsin Hamid’s 2007 best-selling novel, would be turned into a movie. And yet the movie is opening May 10, directed and co-written by Mira Nair, who may also seem an odd choice — “an Indian director making a Pakistani film in America,” as she puts it.
Jamie Foxx is in talks to play rich Daddy Warbucks opposite 9-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis in an update of “Annie.”
“To the Wonder” isn’t the finest Terrence Malick film. But if it’s a failure, it’s the best kind.
“No Place on Earth,” a riveting documentary about a band of Ukrainian Jews who hid for 18 months in caves to escape the Nazis, makes you wonder how this extraordinary tale could have gone untold for more than half a century.
“Lore” finds a fascinating new perspective by telling its story of wartime danger and deprivation through the eyes of an adolescent poster child for the Hitler Youth.
Music’s School of Hard Knocks produces another alumna in “Filly Brown,” a gritty and well-acted Latin hip-hop variation of a long reliable formula.
It’s to director Chris Menaul’s credit that his lack of big-screen experience isn’t evident, but the same can’t be said for his cast who are, by and large, too stiff to charm.
The third “Iron Man” movie is the jokiest and cutest of them all. It’s also far and away the most violent. But Robert Downey Jr. is as on the money as ever.
We sat down with Don Cheadle to talk about his new Iron Patriot armor, the relationship between Tony Stark and Rhodey, and what it means to be part of the Marvel universe, including, perhaps, “Avengers 2.”
Ink’s Middle of the Map Film Fest, which opens Thursday night, will feature more than 25 films and documentaries, all at the Alamo Drafthouse. It’s the final event in the festival series that included a three-day music orgy in early April and a three-day art/culture/technology forum in mid-April.
The 2013 summer is shaping up nicely, with a fine batch of anticipated blockbusters. Sure, there are the requisite remakes, sequels, toy commercials and “reimaginings,” but even many of these have potential. Who doesn’t want to see Superman return, Brad Pitt battle zombies or Johnny Depp portray Tonto?
In her new film, “NV in KC,” artist Judith Levy presents a send-up of a fictional conceptual art project that involves ranking Kansas City artists and institutions.
“The Big Wedding” struggles to give its bloated, star-filled cast enough screen time to warrant their inclusion on the film’s promo poster. It is packed with purportedly smart characters making the sort of absurdly contrived decisions that haven’t been seen since “Three’s Company” went off the air.
The Kansas City Symphony, led by its assistant conductor, Aram Demirjian, will accompany the screening of classic clips from the films of Alfred Hitchcock and Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals in Helzberg Hall.
Robert Redford delivers one last lecture on ’60s idealism and passes another baton to Shia LaBeouf in “The Company You Keep,” an engrossing thriller about the last anti-Vietnam War radicals still underground.
Matthew McConaughey stars in an exotic stew that includes obsessive love, a woman unworthy of it, a criminal on the run and a coming-of-age tale.
Before it turns lighter and fizzier, Ken Loach’s latest offers a pungently realistic portrait of hopelessness and frustration, which explode in vicious street fighting and petty crime.
The Internet-infused alienation portrayed in an anonymous New York suburb is part of the pollution that permeates our culture.
This true story starring Mark Wahlberg is filled with nonstop noise and violence, right down to the mandatory exploding car.
Releases include ‘Mud,’ ‘The Company You Keep,’ ‘The Big Wedding’ and ‘Pain & Gain’
