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Maximus Is the Man: How Gladiator (2000) Gave Us One of the Great Movie Heroes

Maximus Is the Man: How Gladiator (2000) Gave Us One of the Great Movie Heroes

Russell Crowe’s General Maximus is one of the great movie heroes.

Halloween Horror: The Village (2004)

Halloween Horror: The Village (2004)

Shyamalan’s 2004 film has its merits, but revisiting it reveals the muddled philosophy that drives it and robs it of many key thrills.

Halloween Horror, Reviews, Flash BackAnders BergstromOctober 18, 2024M. Night Shyamalan, The Village, Halloween Horror, thriller, allegory, twist ending, Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrian Brody, William HurtComment

Review: Signs (2002)

Review: Signs (2002)

20 years on Shyamalan’s film is still an effective extraterrestrial thriller, but it’s in the human emotions and performances where it really shines.

Flash Back, ReviewsAnders BergstromAugust 19, 2022M. Night Shyamalan, Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, supernatural thriller, aliens, alien invasion, thriller, SignsComment

Review: Joker (2019)

Review: Joker (2019)

Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix weaponize our familiarity with comic book narratives to paint a portrait of personal evil and social dysfunction.

Review: The Sisters Brothers (2018)

Review: The Sisters Brothers (2018)

Jacques Audiard’s film is a worthwhile adaptation of Patrick deWitt’s bestselling novel, even if its tone is occasionally off-putting.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromNovember 2, 2018The Sisters Brothers, Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Patrick deWitt, John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rutger Hauer, Carol Kane, Rebecca Root, Allison TolmanComment

Review: You Were Never Really Here (2018)

Review: You Were Never Really Here (2018)

Lynne Ramsay's latest is a tedious bore that wastes a great actor and indulges in the worst impulses of art-film storytelling.

The Current: In Theatres, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 20, 2018Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette, John Doman, Judith Roberts, Alessandro Nivola, Frank Pando, Lynne Ramsay, Jonathan Ames, You Were Never Really HereComment

Anton's Year in Movies: 2014

Anton's Year in Movies: 2014

Five moments that didn't work, nine that did, and Anton's top choice for 2014.

FeaturesAnton BergstromJanuary 30, 20152014, 300: Rise of an Empire, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárittu, Best Films of 2014, Best Movie Moments of 2014, Birdman, Bong Joon-ho, Christopher Miller, Christopher Nolan, Colin Firth, Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher, Doug Liman, Edge of Tomorrow, Emily Blunt, Emma Stone, Eva Green, Gone Girl, Graham Moore, Ida, Interstellar, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Gray, Joaquin Phoenix, Magic in the Moonlight, Marion Cotillard, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Keaton, Michael Winterbottom, Morten Tyldum, Neil Patrick Harris, Nightcrawler, Noah, Noam Murro, Pawel Pawlikowski, Phil Lord, Rosamund Pike, Snowpiercer, Steve Coogan, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, The Immigrant, The LEGO Movie, The Prestige, The Trip to Italy, Tom Cruise, Wes Anderson, Will Ferrell, Woody AllenComment

The Immigrant and the "Moral Occult"

The Immigrant and the "Moral Occult"

Anders explores James Gray's contribution to the long tradition of the melodrama in American film.

Essays, Movies TodayAnders BergstromJuly 25, 20141920s, art house, drama, James Gray, Jeremy Renner, Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard, melodrama, moral occult, period piece, The ImmigrantComment

Best Performances of 2012

Best Performances of 2012

Following the Oscar categories, Aren offers his picks for the best performances of 2012.