A Prophet | Director Jacques Audiard | Score: 7.2 At first, the French prison young Malik El Djebana (Tahar Rahim) is sent to seems strangely civilized, at least in comparison to its American counterpart. Prisoners are given individual cells, the showers…
The Last Station | Dir. Michael Hoffman | Score: 6.8 Imagine a time, about a century ago, where a writer — a very literary writer — was every bit as besieged by the 1910-era paparazzi and the general public as Angelina Jolie…
Shutter Island | Dir. Martin Scorsese | Score: 5.2 There’s little doubt that Martin Scorsese is one of America’s greatest living directors; but it’s also just as evident he’s lost a few miles off his fastball over the last decade…
The Ghost Writer | Dir. Roman Polanski | Score: 6.7 The first question that comes to mind watching Roman Polanski’s latest thriller — set mainly in a dreary, off-season Cape Cod — is where did they film the damn thing? (Germany, it…
