Thursday, January 26, 2012

Talking Pictures: 'A Separation' | 'The Grey' | 'Albert Nobbs' | 'Man on a Ledge' | 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'

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Iranian Oscar nominee Farhadi offers riddles without answers in 'A Separation' -- 4 stars
'A Separation' — 4 stars
Iranian Oscar nominee Farhadi offers riddles without answers

Some films wear their artistry so lightly they appear simply to be happening, the inner workings of the story guided by an unseen hand. In "A Separation," the hand belongs to writer-director Asghar Farhadi, making his fifth feature since 2003.

'The Grey' a Liam Neeson howler, in a good way -- 3 stars 'The Grey' — 3 stars
A howler, in a good way

The title "8 Million Ways to Die" was already taken, so "The Grey" had to settle for "The Grey."
'Albert Nobbs': 2 performers triumph in gender masquerade -- 2 1/2 stars 'Albert Nobbs' — 2 1/2 stars
A gender masquerade

"Such a kind little man," coos the bustling owner of a quaint 19th-century Dublin hotel, regarding the servant played by Glenn Close.
'Man on a Ledge': Myriad improbabilities ground this heist film -- 2 stars 'Man on a Ledge' — 2 stars
Heist film from above

A man edges along the ledge of a New York hotel. He's an ex-cop on the lam, threatening suicide.
'We Need to Talk About Kevin': When mother's intuition is bleakly on the money -- 2 stars 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' — 2
Mother's bad intuition

Or do we? This is artfully visualized but, at heart, little more than "The Bad Seed and How!"
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