Jeffrey Overstreet

Fernando Eimbcke’s Lake Tahoe examines a young man’s quest to repair his wrecked car and broken heart.

Critics were divided over David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Some were enchanted by its  Forrest Gump-ish charm, by the performances, or by the awe-inspiring special effects.  Others found the character of Button too “inert,” a character who only observes, but isn’t interesting. Seitz is among the film’s most passionate defenders. At The […]

When actors become famous, is the show over? How rare is it that we can truly “suspend disbelief” and become absorbed in a work without being distracted by celebrity and reputation?

How do you “rate” movies? Or do you? Should we even bother?

If you haven’t had a chance yet to see Nuri Bilge Ceylan‘s acclaimed new feature Three Monkeys, don’t work too hard to catch up with it. The movie is coming to you… tomorrow. Three Monkeys will stream on Sunday, April 26, on www.theauteurs.com. And if that’s not enough Ceylan for you, you can make it […]

I remember the day I opened my mailbox and found a pamphlet about a half-inch thick from James Dobson’s organization, filled with elaborate warnings about why I should not see Martin Scorsese’s film The Last Temptation of Christ. Then I saw the film and it moved me powerfully, inspiring me to consider what Christ, being […]

Reha Erdem’s celebrated 2006 film Times and Winds weaves together stories of two boys, Ömer and Yakup, and a girl named Yildiz — pre-teens caught between heaven and earth, wonder and suffering.

Which movies have, from the very first frame, given you the sense you’re being guided by a masterful artist? Which opening shots are worthy of close study?

Reports are spreading that Abbas Kiarostami is directing Juliette Binoche in a French-language romance.