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‘The River,’ Starring Hugh Jackman, Sinks Like a Stone
Hugh Jackman stars in The River. (Photo by Richard Termine) I bow to no one in my appreciation of Hugh Jackman’s many talents, but as much as it grieves me to admit it, I guess he’s not perfect. He...
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Despite an All-Star Cast, ‘A Delicate Balance’ Is More Maudlin Than Meaningful
John Lithgow and Glenn Close in A Delicate Balance. (Photo by Brigitte Lacombe) I’ve seen several incarnations of Edward Albee’s petrified play A Delicate Balance and hated them all. I also saw the...
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True and Tragic, ‘The Imitation Game’ Is an Intimate Look at the Life of Alan...
Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing in The Imitation Game. Another must-see movie this year-end awards season (the other one is The Theory of Everything) is the brilliant encapsulation of one of the...
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‘Before I Disappear’ Is a Little Night Foray Through the Bars and Subways of...
Shawn Christensen and Fatima Ptacek in Before I Disappear. Shawn Christensen is an attractive young actor who makes a misguided and mistaken entry into independent filmmaking with a dreary, dark and...
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Memory Lane: In ‘Still Alice,’ Julianne Moore Plays a Professor With Alzheimer’s
Julianne Moore copes with the effects of a debilitating illness. Like the way A.L.S. is revealed and examined without buckets of tears in The Theory of Everything, Julianne Moore, in the heartbreaking...
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Reese Witherspoon Unleashes Her Inner Wild Child in One of the Year’s Best Films
An intrepid Reese Witherspoon plays Cheryl Strayed, whose memoir, Wild, was a best seller. ’Tis the season for career makeovers. Everybody’s doing it, from Sly Stallone to Jennifer Aniston. But Reese...
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Pity the Kitty: In ‘Murder of a Cat,’ a Cat Is Murdered—and That’s About It
J.K. Simmons, left, and Fran Kranz on the hunt for an unfortunate feline. Described as a satire on Hollywood detective flicks, this bucket of swill is so amateurish and confused it doesn’t know what it...
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Elephant in the Room: Bradley Cooper Looms Large on Broadway Stage
Bradley Cooper, left, with Alessandro Nivola and Patricia Clarkson in The Elephant Man. (Photo by Joan Marcus) One of the most interesting things in the new Broadway revival of The Elephant Man is the...
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Last Tango in Florida: ‘Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks’ Goes Far Beyond the...
Gena Rowlands and Cheyenne Jackson as unexpected dancing partners. Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, adapted by playwright Richard Alfieri and director Arthur Allan Seidelman from their short-lived but...
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Poetic Injustice: Color James Franco’s Latest Flick a Waste of Time
James Franco in The Color of Time. THE COLOR OF TIME (0/4 stars) Written by: Edna Luise Biesold, Sarah-Violet Bliss, Gabrielle Demeestere, Alexis Gambis, Shruti Ganguly, Brooke Goldfinch, Shripriya...
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Wrapping Up the Year in Film
So many movies, so little time. In the year-end glut of holiday films, a lot of new ones will be around to keep you entertained, but The New York Observer won’t. I’m off to wrap some gifts, ring some...
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Rex Reed: The Best Films of 2014
1. THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Directed by: James Marsh This is the extraordinary biopic about the fascinating, complex and inspirational example set by genius cosmologist and physicist Stephen Hawking....
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Rex Reed: The Worst Films of 2014
1. THE CONGRESS Directed by: Ari Folman The Congress, half of which is animated, stars Robin Wright. 2. FRANK Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson Michael Fassbender as Frank. 3. UNDER THE SKIN Directed by:...
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The Long Goodbye: Rex Reed Bids Adieu to Those We Lost Last Year
From Lauren Bacall to Robin Williams to Joan Rivers.
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Nick Payne’s ‘Constellations’ Is a Load of Arcane Rubbish Disguised as a Play
The new year on Broadway is off to a thundering hobble with 'Constellations,' a load of arcane rubbish disguised as a play.
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Little Bear in the Big City: ‘Paddington’ Brings Loveable Cub to the Silver...
A harmless delight that blends live action with animated technology in the manner of 'Ted,' but without the raunch.
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Sara Colangelo Mines the Depths of Despair in ‘Little Accidents’
A surprisingly poignant Appalachia-set drama.
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In ‘Loitering With Intent,’ Two Actors Head to the Country in the Name of...
A meandering little bore about a pair of struggling actors looking for a breakthrough movie even if they have to write it themselves.
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Reed Birney and Betty Gilpin Tear It Up in ‘I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard’
Halley Feiffer's unsettling two-hander tells the story of a destructive father-daughter duo.
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In ‘Cake,’ a Tortured Jennifer Aniston Gives the Performance of Her Career
Ms. Aniston’s sheer courage grows on you, like a lichen.
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