David Edelstein appears in the following:
A 'Wiener-Dog' Sows The Seeds Of Tragedy In New Film
Monday, June 27, 2016
Todd Solondz's new film consists of four episodes linked by a female dachshund, who has four different owners and four different names. Critic David Edelstein calls Wiener-Dog tragic and inspiring.
'Finding Dory' Makes A Big Splash, With Slapstick Humor And Witty Dialog
Friday, June 17, 2016
Ellen DeGeneres gives voice to a memory-challenged fish in search of her parents in Pixar's follow-up to its 2003 hit Finding Nemo. Critic David Edelstein says Finding Dory is full of laughs.
'Genius' Offers A High-Toned Look At The Editor-Writer Relationship
Friday, June 10, 2016
A new film tells the story of book editor Max Perkins, who worked with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Wolfe. Critic David Edelstein says Genius "isn't quite ingenious enough."
'Weiner' Offers A Riveting, Close-Up View Of A Scandal In Progress
Friday, May 27, 2016
In 2013, a documentary team followed former Congressman Anthony Weiner in his bid to become mayor of New York. When a scandal hit, the cameras kept rolling. Film critic David Edelstein reviews Weiner.
The 'Other Woman' Tries To Fix The Marriage She Destroyed In 'Maggie's Plan'
Friday, May 20, 2016
In Rebecca Miller's comedy, an affair leads to divorce and remarriage — until the new wife decides she wants out. Critic David Edelstein says that Maggie's Plan doesn't quite come together.
Jane Austen's 'Love & Friendship' Comes To Screen, And It's An Absolute Treat
Friday, May 13, 2016
An impoverished widow has designs on a married lord — and a plans for her own teenage daughter — in Whit Stillman's adaptation of the Austen novella, Lady Susan. Critic David Edelstein has a review.
Superheroes Engage In All Out 'Civil War' In The Latest 'Captain America' Film
Friday, May 06, 2016
The new movie from Marvel Studios features almost all the members of the Avengers superhero collective. Critic David Edelstein calls it an irresistible hodgepodge of special effects and superheroes.
A White House Meeting Brings Together 2 Lost Souls In 'Elvis & Nixon'
Friday, April 29, 2016
A new film imagines what happened when Elvis Presley met President Nixon on Dec. 21, 1970. Film critic David Edelstein says Elvis & Nixon "shows the crazy-making insulation of celebrity."
'Huntsman' And 'Tale Of Tales' Put A Modern Spin On Classic Fairy Tales
Friday, April 22, 2016
Critic David Edelstein reviews The Huntsman: Winter's War, a sequel to the 2012 movie, Snow White and the Huntsman, and Tale of Tales, an adaptation of a group of 17th century Italian folk stories.
Thrilling And Kinetic, Updated 'Jungle Book' Is 'A Triumph'
Friday, April 15, 2016
Jon Favreau's adaptation of the Disney classic reprises the story of a little boy raised by wolves. Critic David Edelstein says The Jungle Book seamlessly blends computer animation and storytelling.
A Family Drama Unfolds Through Shifting Viewpoints In 'Louder Than Bombs'
Thursday, April 07, 2016
Point-of-view is passed like a baton among the tortured main characters in Joachim Trier's new film. Critic David Edelstein says Louder than Bombs is intimate, touching and "insistently alive."
'Miles Ahead' Shows A Dissipated Davis Who Still Burns Hot
Friday, April 01, 2016
The new Miles Davis biopic begins in the 1970s, at the end of Davis' five-year hiatus from the music scene. Critic David Edelstein calls Don Cheadle's portrayal of the musician "electrifying."
Batman Takes On Superman In A Dour, Bombastic 'Dawn Of Justice'
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Director Zack Snyder layers subplot on top of subplot in his film of battling superheroes. Critic David Edelstein says Batman v. Superman is full of fragments and teases, and overall, "just awful."
'Krisha' Offers A Vivid, Unique Portrait Of Family Dysfunction
Friday, March 18, 2016
Writer-director Trey Edward Shults cast his own family in his home-for-Thanksgiving psychodrama. Reviewer David Edelstein says Krisha "marks the arrival of a truly adventurous, humanist filmmaker."
Tina Fey's War-Zone 'Foxtrot' Falls Out Of Step
Friday, March 04, 2016
Fey plays a neophyte reporter charged with covering the Afghanistan occupation in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Critic David Edestein says the film isn't bad, so much as "shapeless and blandly apolitical."
New York Values in Film: Striving
Thursday, March 03, 2016
Film critic David Edelstein talks about films that depict what it's like to strive in New York, like "Saturday Night Fever" and "Francis Ha."
New York Values in Film: Romance
Tuesday, March 01, 2016
David Edelstein, film critic for New York Magazine and NPR's Fresh Air, talks about how New York values have been depicted in romance movies set in New York.
New York Values in Film: Crime
Monday, February 29, 2016
David Edelstein, film critic for New York Magazine and NPR's Fresh Air, talks about how crime has been depicted on the big screen.
Long-Term Devastation Springs From A Hasty Judgment Call In 'A War'
Friday, February 19, 2016
Tobias Lindholm's Oscar-nominated film tells the story of a Danish commander's error in judgment during the war in Afghanistan. Critic David Edelstein says A War will "leave you in pieces."
'Deadpool' Gleefully Lampoons The Marvel Universe
Friday, February 12, 2016
Ryan Reynolds stars as a soldier-turned-mutant-super-hero in Marvel's Deadpool. Critic David Edelstein calls the film an "unprecedented R-rated ... romp with dirty sex talk and tons of splatter."
