Screening room

BAND OF OUTSIDERS (1964)
Like a greatest hits album blasting the best scenes ever

DAE JANG GEUM
It's Harry Potter meets Iron Chef in Korea's royal court!

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Sleek, strangely satisfying. Hathaway is absurdly referred to as fat.

LINDA LINDA LINDA
Schoolgirl longeuers, rain-spattered alienation, and pure talent-show joy

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Good small perfs (Kinnear, Carrell, Colette), but not thought out.

THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (1944)
Brilliant structure, tons of little genius touches; conclusion too abrupt?

NOT AS A STRANGER (1955)
Mitchum, as doc, channels Elvis; tonal weirdness plus adultery


A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
The weaker of the year's Meryl movies; ninety endless minutes


A SCANNER DARKLY
Better than the novel: Dick's convincing paranoia becomes tangible freakout.

SOYLENT GREEN (1973)
For the first half I thought Heston and Robinson were gay