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  "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia"

  By J. Hoberman

  A 157-minute police procedural, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia elevates Turkey's leading filmmaker, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, to a new level of... More >>

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  "Rampart"

  By Karina Longworth

  Directed by Oren Moverman from a script by Moverman and L.A. noir master James Ellroy, Rampart tracks the downward spiral of LAPD cop Dave Brown... More >>

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  "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island"

  By Michael Atkinson

  Its production design inspired by Yes album covers and Candy Land, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island continues the weak Jules Verne —... More >>

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  "Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace 3D"

  By Alan Scherstuhl

  Imagine how true believers would feel if Jesus finally came back after all that time — and turned out to be an asshole. That's something... More >>

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  "In Darkness"

  By Michael Atkinson

  Holocaust culture has proven to be essentially infinite — almost 70 years since the end of World War II, and untold stories of decimation... More >>

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  "Safe House"

  By Karina Longworth

  In Safe House, Ryan Reynolds plays Matt Weston, a junior CIA agent assigned to babysit a safe house in Cape Town. He's dying to be transferred to... More >>

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  "Big Miracle"

  By Michael Atkinson

  Starring everyone who wasn't in New Year's Eve—and larded with just as many bromides—Big Miracle is inspired by the true story of the... More >>

• Arthouse Movie Listings February 8-14, 2012

  By SF Weekly Staff

  Artists' Television Access. City of Lost Souls: A transgender comedy musical made by gay-rights activist Rosa von Praunheim in which Angie... More >>

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  "Domain"

  By Melissa Anderson

  Fearless Béatrice Dalle, who made her screen debut at age 21 as the sexed-up, self-mutilating title character in Betty Blue (1986), has,... More >>

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  "The Innkeepers"

  By Nick Pinkerton

  Horror movies are lately given to gluttonous effects, but director Ti West (The House of the Devil) is a rare minimalist. His latest, The... More >>

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  "Coriolanus"

  By Eric Hynes

  Updating Shakespeare seems doubly condescending: the implication that we need help relating to the text, and that the text needs to be made... More >>

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  “Carol Channing: Larger Than Life”

  By Melissa Anderson

  "There was this creature with huge eyes and an enormous red mouth," recalls Bruce Vilanch on first seeing Carol Channing on TV — an... More >>

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  "Chronicle"

  By Aaron Hillis

  Written by Max "Son of John" Landis, Chronicle playfully transcends its "Cloverfield meets Heroes" pitch. Brimming with passive anger over his... More >>

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  "One for the Money"

  By Melissa Anderson

  One for the Money—not just the title of Katherine Heigl's latest but also the mantra she chants before every movie contract she... More >>

• Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Sweet, sincere, cloying, beautiful

  By Tim Grierson

  Of the five Academy Award-nominated documentaries, Saving Face and God Is the Bigger Elvis were sadly not made available for critics, but the... More >>

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