The First TimeFilm ReviewsThis competently crafted teen romance proves perilously short on substance, insight and novelty.Dennis Harvey1/22/2012 8:03am PT
ArbitrageFilm ReviewsA smart, high-toned Wall Street drama that should pay dividends for the right distrib.Peter Debruge1/22/2012 8:01am PT
Robot & FrankFilm ReviewsJack Schreier's smart helming debut is a marginally futuristic, emotionally genuine yarn.John Anderson1/22/2012 7:58am PT
Keep the Lights OnFilm ReviewsIra Sachs mines his own memories to sensitive if somewhat muted effect in this gay relationship drama.Justin Chang1/22/2012 7:35am PT
ComplianceFilm ReviewsThis stealth psychological horror film is at once tough to turn away from and, by design, extremely difficult to watch as it grimly assesses the human capacity for sheeplike naivete under duress.Justin Chang1/21/2012 5:53pm PT
Marina Abramovic The Artist Is PresentFilm ReviewsPerformance artist Marina Abramovic's unique four-decade career receives its mainstream platform in "The Artist is Present," an intelligent overview that makes a radical artist's work comprehensible to audiences with no previous awareness of her or her chosen path.Robert Koehler1/21/2012 5:41pm PT
Red LightsFilm ReviewsBy constantly undermining the suspension of disbelief it so tenuously struggles to maintain, this otherwise slick pic could require reshoots to restore it to something commercial crowds are willing to take seriously.Peter Debruge1/21/2012 2:26pm PT
Filly BrownFilm Reviews"Filly Brown" tells a familiar saga of a no-nonsense Latina rapper and her struggles at home and in the biz.Robert Koehler1/21/2012 2:05pm PT
EthelFilm ReviewsDirector Rory Kennedy is a good daughter, which is precisely why "Ethel" is such a stiff film.John Anderson1/21/2012 1:33pm PT
I Am Not a HipsterFilm ReviewsWriter-helmer Destin Daniel Cretton makes a well-crafted feature debut with this slender slice of life about a depressed indie rock up-and-comer's hectic week.Dennis Harvey1/21/2012 9:42am PT
Celeste & Jesse ForeverFilm ReviewsGlibly amusing and fitfully perceptive comedy follows a wife and husband determined to stay best friends following their weirdly amicable split.Justin Chang1/21/2012 9:26am PT
Simon KillerFilm ReviewsAntonio Campos' second feature is an unsettling broken-psyche study starring Brady Corbet as a sort of modern-day Ripley, amoral and disengaged enough from the feelings of others to become a potentially fatal liability in any relationship.Peter Debruge1/21/2012 8:51am PT
Middle of NowhereFilm ReviewsSolidly acted but aloof and slow as molasses, "Middle of Nowhere" seems neither here nor there.1/21/2012 8:44am PT
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar MovieFilm ReviewsProving less is definitely more, cult comics Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim torture their purposefully inept, shortform sketch work into feature length with "Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie," to diminishing returns.John Anderson1/21/2012 12:15am PT
Beasts of the Southern WildFilm ReviewsBenh Zeitlin's stunning debut finds its dandelion-haired heroine fighting rising tides and fantastic creatures in a mythic battle against modernity.Peter Debruge1/20/2012 10:30pm PT
West of MemphisFilm ReviewsFollowing on the heels of the celebrated "Paradise Lost" trilogy, Amy Berg's clear, captivating, indignant film about the West Memphis Three carves out its own significant place in criminal-justice cinema.John Anderson1/20/2012 10:24pm PT
TouchTV ReviewsKiefer Sutherland's return to TV and Fox is less about the actor than about series creator Tim Kring, whose "Heroes" flamed brightly before creatively imploding. Brian Lowry1/20/2012 6:20pm PT
Spartacus: VengeanceTV ReviewsThe tragic death of star Andy Whitfield notwithstanding -- requiring his replacement by Liam McIntyre in the title role -- "Spartacus: Vengeance" is up to the same old tricks, endeavoring to give gratuitous violence and sex a good name. And it sort of does.Brian Lowry1/20/2012 6:14pm PT
LuckTV ReviewsTo maximize enjoyment will require committing to the full nine-episode run "Luck", which gets out of the starting gate slowly and proceeds at a deliberate gait.Brian Lowry1/20/2012 6:05pm PT
Searching for Sugar ManFilm Festival ReviewsA winning musical detective story about a failed, forgotten early '70s rocker who became a huge success halfway across the world while presumed dead for decades.Dennis Harvey1/20/2012 2:10pm PT