The Phoenician Scheme
After surviving multiple assassination attempts, industrialist Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro) makes peace with his daughter (Mia Threapleton); together they intend to save the business empire. You always get what…
Grand Budapest Hotel: Fighting a European Sickness
Ralph Fiennes. Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures In February 1942, the Jewish writer Stefan Zweig and his wife were found dead in Brazil after committing suicide. In his native Austria, World…
A Christmas Tale: Grievances Roasting on an Open Fire
Mathieu Amalric and Catherine Deneuve. Photo: IFC Films Ingmar Bergman may have died in 2007, but his spirit lives on and that is particularly true in this sprawling saga that…
Quantum of Solace
James Bond (Daniel Craig) goes on a personal vendetta after the death of the woman he loved and realizes that she was blackmailed by a powerful organization. Bond film nr.…
Munich: No Promise of Peace
Geoffrey Rush and Eric Bana. Photo: Universal Shortly after the release of Munich, director Steven Spielberg expressed a hope in TIME Magazine that the film would bring Palestinians and Israelis together.…