Blood on the sofa
/ 23 March 2012

Blood on the sofa

At its best, <em>Carnage </em>is a spiky satire on contemporary bourgeois correctness; at its worst, it;s a strained piece of upscale dinner theatre.

Mother of the beast
/ 27 January 2012

Mother of the beast

Can bad children happen to good parents, or do they reveal their parents’ flaws? This is the question raised in <i>We Need to Talk about Kevin</i>.

Mysterious skin
/ 20 January 2012

Mysterious skin

Sexuality and the prison house of the self are the themes of <em>The Skin I Live In,</em> Pedro Almodóvar’s fantastically twisted new film.

Flight to the top
/ 23 December 2011

Flight to the top

George Clooney’s political drama <em>The Ides of March</em> is about a Democratic primary campaign unfolding in the key state of Ohio.