question: As visually thrilling as it is inscrutable, Goodbye to Language 3D offers a late-period masterpiece from a legendary director still very much in control of his craft.

numbered reviews: 1. Godard seems almost giddy in his use of 3-D.
2. The single film from 2014 that most actively tries to find a new language for filmmakers to inhabit, and honestly, it might be the most consistently captivating one as well.
3. ..we keep going back to Roxy and, astoundingly, Godard just about succeeds in allowing us to see the world through the dog's eyes, the implication being that it is the purer form of experience.
4. Throughout this enigmatic film's short running time, I couldn't for the life of me make out what Godard was trying to say.
5. A film that's stuffed with language, its title notwithstanding.
6. If this kind of synaptic brainstorm sounds like an invigorating cinematic experience, I'm here to tell you that watching Goodbye to Language on a big screen will be 70 minutes well spent.
7. A hugely entertaining and almost entirely inscrutable lark, with a punk rock air of both surrender and rejuvenation.
8. Working in 3-D for the first time, Mr. Godard pushes the envelope and - depending how you look at it - trolls the format for all its worth.
9. I'm attaching four stars more out of helplessness than critical acumen, by the way; if the film is beyond language, it's certainly beyond a traditional rating system.
10. Put in short, the film is chaos, but glorious, wondrous chaos that lets us see what genius looks like from the inside.


question: Boasting a stellar performance from Lily Tomlin and some powerfully empathetic work from writer-director Paul Weitz, Grandma is a dramedy that shouldn't have to ask you to visit.

numbered reviews: 1. Director Paul Weitz's original story wobbles between satisfying moments of Elle's lefty defiance (she's shocked that Sage knows X-Men's Mystique but not The Feminine Mystique), and gestures that are depressingly obvious.
2. It is about the families we create and the perfect love we must feel for imperfect people.
3. More gut-wrenching than belly-busting.
4. Grandma boasts a strong, female ensemble cast that is as diverse as it is talented.
5. Tomlin is in every frame of the story: sarcastic, vulnerable, tough, wise, foolish, sentimental, stubborn, and stubbornly, beautifully, perfect in her imperfections.
6. Most of us aren't lucky enough to have a grandma as cool as Lily Tomlin, but at least this gives a chance to pretend.
7. This is an entertaining, affecting movie about mothers, daughters, lovers, and the choices we make and how they shape us and others.
8. Viewer reaction will largely depend on how one views the topic of abortion, spending time with such misanthropic characters, and road trip plots in general. (Full Content Review - Sex, Nudity, Violence, Profanity, etc. - for Parents available)
9. The acting is uniformly fine -- Greer is terrific and the wonderful Elizabeth Peńa gives one of her last performances as a cafe owner. But the film lacks the consistency to be truly memorable.
10. This is Tomlin's first leading role in a film in 27 years, and even though she is sharing the screen with multiple generations of fine actors, nearly every moment in this movie is all hers.


question: The gripping union of a director and star at the peak of their respective powers, Talk Radio offers the viewer a singularly unlikable character and dares you to look away.

numbered reviews: 1. It's midnight in America and there's a lot of angry people out there in the darkness. If that's the main point to Oliver Stone's Talk Radio, it's the only one.
2. If you've ever listened to late-night talkback and found some of the callers unsettling, you're bound to relive that feeling
3. Talk Radio... is a nearly perfect example of how not to make a movie of a play.
4. He asks an accepting audience, both in the film and in the theater: How much crap will you take, and why?
5. Holds up a disturbing image of a consumer culture where trash is viewed as treasure and excess spells success.
6. One of Stone's unqualified failures, by which I mean that even his usually muscular style can't partially redeem.
7. Oliver Stone's overly dramatic new ending puts a damper on things, but Bogosian has never been more magnetic
8. Far more Eric Bogosian than Oliver Stone, and still timely, even after fifteen years.
9. Oliver Stone...turns [Eric Bogosian's] play into a visually achieved, intense and unforgettable movie.
10. Powerful. Eric Bogosian is a revelation.


question: Atmospheric, but that's about it.

numbered reviews:
1. A bit of exotic neo-noir, clunky in parts and long, but often engaging and artfully atmospheric as well.
2. While it won't be remembered as great cinema, it is actually a tight piece of film noir.
3. In the end, it becomes clear that the missing ingredient in City of Ghosts is nothing more than some additional directing experience on the part of Dillon.
4. While the film is not short on ideas or implications, none of them is fully developed, leaving us little but atmosphere and warm whiskey to drink in.
5. City of Ghosts dons a facade of independent filmmaking, but the core screams Hollywood rehash.
6. A long, winding, but decently layered modern film noir.
7. City of Ghosts doesn't quite work, but it has its moments, and some of them just may be worth the price of admission.
8. It's the only film in which James Caan attempts karaoke in Cambodian. You'll want to plan your bathroom break for that scene.
9. Fortunately, Dillon was smart enough to hire one of our best living crime authors Barry Gifford to co-write the screenplay.
10. Though he has evolved beyond his star peak, [Dillon] remains a strong actor and is a gifted director.