The Searing, Visceral 12 Years a Slave
Director Steve McQueen's stunning new film is likely to prove the best of the year. More »
Christopher Orr is a senior editor and the principal film critic at The Atlantic. He has written on movies for The New Republic, LA Weekly, Salon, and The New York Sun, and has worked as an editor for numerous publications.
Director Steve McQueen's stunning new film is likely to prove the best of the year. More »
Director Paul Greengrass's piracy tale is riveting, even if (unlike me) you can ignore the current parallels. More »
Despite some rough patches in the script, Alfonso Cuaron's film is a visual wonder. More »
The best thing about Ron Howard's latest film may be that it knows what it is. More »
Missing fingers, Christmas, a Hispanic Scott Baio—director Shane Black proves that imitation is the sincerest form of self-flattery. More »
Debuting this week, Joss Whedon's Avengers spinoff aims high. More »
Or perhaps both? The well-wrought serial killer film starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal defies easy categorization. More »
With a PG brain and a NC-17 body count, the Luc Besson-directed De Niro vehicle is a cinematic Frankenstein. More »
The French romantic comedy about typewriting offers an innocent antidote to Mad Men. More »
Brie Larson is stunning in the indie film about a facility for troubled teens. More »
The dim, childish Selena Gomez vehicle may be the summer's worst movie. More »
The final installment of Edgar Wright's Cornetto trilogy is a worthy successor to Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. More »
The new film from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp boasts stunning visuals, but the plot leaves much to be desired. More »
Yes, this is the point in the summer when I outsource my critical judgment to my kids. Plus: bonus Smurfs coverage. More »
An intense, unsettling performance by Cate Blanchett is let down by Woody Allen's directorial carelessness. More »
Sam Rockwell shines in the witty, tender directorial debut of actor/screenwriters Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. More »
Can't Bruce Willis find a better use of his time than headlining old-guy action franchises? More »
As its title suggests, Guillermo del Toro's latest film is precision-engineered for the international market. More »
The would-be blockbuster by Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp lays bare Hollywood's delusion that bigger is better. More »
Roland Emmerich's latest action movie is essentially a louder, sillier version of the Bruce Willis classic. More »
