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The Hunger Games Directed by Gary Ross Based on the story by Suzanne Collins Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Donald Sutherland Despite its lavish spectacle, The Hunger Games is surprisingly subdued – in a good way – for a Hollywood entertainment of its scale. Director Gary Ross would like this...
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MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE Written and directed by Sean Durkin Starring Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, and Sarah Paulson Reviewed by Seth Rogovoy Writer-director Sean Durkin, who deservedly won the Best Director award last January at Sundance for Martha Marcy May Marlene, wisely allows his actors’ faces to do the heavy lifting in this captivating...
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THE GUARD Written and directed by John Michael McDonagh Starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle Review by Seth Rogovoy Sure, you’ve seen this story before: two unlikely buddies — here played by Irishman Brendan Gleeson as a somewhat eccentric small-town Irish police chief and African-American Don Cheadle as the big-shot FBI man sent to...
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The Trip Directed by Michael Winterbottom Starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon Review by Seth Rogovoy Patched together from separate episodes of a British TV series, The Trip is a kind of mockumentary, following the verbal antics of actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as they tour Northern England’s finer restaurants. The setup is...
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Beginners Written and directed by Mike Mills Starring Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Mélanie Laurent Reviewed by Seth Rogovoy A romantic comedy about commitment phobia, Beginners succeeds winningly owing to sharp writing, self-consciously clever filmic devices (including a talking Jack Russell terrier – something that would ordinarily really bug the crap out...
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams Written and directed by Werner Herzog Reviewed by Seth Rogovoy What to make of Werner Herzog at this point in his career? It’s hard to know how to take him, even as he continues to make brilliant, inspiring, beautiful films that ask deeply profound questions about what it means to...
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Midnight in Paris Written and directed by Woody Allen Starring Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams Reviewed by Seth Rogovoy After years of being the bard of Manhattan, Woody Allen has spent most of the past decade doing for Europe what he did for New York City earlier in his career. In his latest...
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I Am Directed by Tom Shadyac Review by Seth Rogovoy Only the most closed-minded and hard-hearted viewers will fail to be moved by the amazing exploration of what it means to be human in director Tom Shadyac’s documentary, I Am. Triggered by a near-death experience, Shadyac – previously known for and ridiculously enriched by...
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