Rex Reed
Articles by Rex Reed
Bravo, Benicio!
THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE
Running Time 118 minutes
Written by Allan Loeb
Directed by Susanne Blier read more »
This New Nancy Drew Is, Like, Totally Clueless
Secret of the old schlock! Poor Emma Roberts—Julia’s niece—is left without a compass in this bumbling attempt to update the girl-detective classic. read more »
Retro Rubbish
In England, they’re heralded as chart-busting jazz singers. This is curious, until you remember that England is also where they call a lox like Stacey Kent the new Ella. read more »
Good Noose
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman turns a morbid subject into a fascinating case study of the last official prison executioner in England. read more »
The Little Sparrow Soars! J’Aime Beaucoup New Edith Piaf Film
A virtuoso depiction of France’s most famous chanteuse and her harrowing, glamorous, tragic life. read more »
A Good Bet
Small wonder that Even Money is the most rewarding new film of the week. read more »
Save Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton, Brendan Fraser as shills in The Last Time. read more »
Fonda, Felicity and Lindsay Flounder in Georgia
Jane joins Huffman and Lohan in Garry Marshall’s tri-generational disaster. read more »
French Kiss
Paris Je T’Aime
Running Time 120 minutes
Directed by Olivier Assayas,
Alfonso Cuarón, Joel and Ethan Coen et. al
Written by Gurinder Chadha, Gus Van Sant, Gena Rowlands et al. read more »
Five Card Drew, Working From a Cold Deck
Ms. Barrymore folds, along with Bana, Messing, Downey Jr., Duvall in Curtis Hanson poker drama. read more »
A Styne Romance
For music that pleases, sally forth to the Algonquin and catch the lovely chanteuse Karen Akers, looser and livelier than the reputation that precedes her, in a celebration of songwriter Jule Styne that can only be called sublime. read more »
Clam Cam
Set in the days before the 1976 Presidential election, Diggers is a salty, minimalist comedy about a tight community of clam diggers on the south shore of Long Island. read more »
Sigourney Freezes Over
Sigourney Weaver is on a roll. In the footprints of her very funny turn as the network programming executive from hell in The TV Set, she now returns in the peculiar new Canadian film Snow Cake. read more »
Make Mine Jindabyne!
JINDABYNE
Running Time 123 minutes
Directed by Ray Lawrence
Written by Beatrix Christian
Starring Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney
In Away From Her, 28-Year Old Director Trusts Christie
The veteran actress is devastating as an Alzheimer’s patient in Sarah Polley’s directorial debut. read more »
Cuckoo for Keely
Keely Smith
The Café Carlyle
35 East 76th Street read more »
Ryan’s Hope: Gosling Finds Groove as Desperate D.A.
Dewy actor is the perfect counterpart to Anthony Hopkins’ latest psycho killer. read more »
Women Works
IN THE LAND OF WOMEN
Running time 97 minutes
Written and Directed by Jonathan Kasdan
Starring Adam Brody and Meg Ryan
Post-Oscar Crash For Halle Berry
