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‘Bleed For This’ Starring Miles Teller Plays Like ‘Million Dollar Baby’ With A Feel Good Ending [Review]

November 14, 2016 4:50 pm

This is a reprint of our review from the 2016 Telluride Film Festival. It’s to the credit of the boxing picture “Bleed For This” that it goes nine, ten, or maybe even 11 rounds before it’s clear just which w...

Bleed For This

‘Bleed For This’ Starring Miles Teller Fights The Strong & Shallow Instincts Within Itself [Telluride Review]

September 3, 2016 7:57 am

It’s to the credit of the boxing picture “Bleed For This” that it goes nine, ten, or maybe even 11 rounds before it’s clear just which way the final decision is going to go. That’s not a reference to the outcom...

Review: Heavy-Handed ‘Suffragette’ Starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep, More

October 19, 2015 6:39 pm

Review: Heavy-Handed 'Suffragette' Starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep, More

Telluride Review: ‘Suffragette’ Starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter & Meryl Streep

September 5, 2015 11:51 am

Telluride Review: 'Suffragette' Starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter & Meryl Streep

Review: ‘Escobar: Paradise Lost’ Starring Benicio del Toro And Josh Hutcherson Is A Lost Opportunity

June 25, 2015 6:30 pm

Review: 'Escobar: Paradise Lost' Starring Benicio del Toro And Josh Hutcherson Is A Lost Opportunity

Review: There’s No Shortage Of Outrage To Be Found In Nick Broomfield’s Doc ‘Tales Of The Grim Sleeper’

April 28, 2015 7:00 pm

Review: There's No Shortage Of Outrage To Be Found In Nick Broomfield's Doc 'Tales Of The Grim Sleeper'

Review: Jon Stewart’s Earnest ‘Rosewater’ Starring Gael Garcia Bernal

November 14, 2014 5:05 pm

Review: Jon Stewart's Earnest 'Rosewater' Starring Gael Garcia Bernal

Telluride Review: Ophir Award Nominee ‘Dancing Arabs’

September 2, 2014 10:15 am

Telluride Review: Ophir Award Nominee 'Dancing Arabs'

Telluride Review: Nick Broomfield’s ‘Tales Of The Grim Sleeper’

September 2, 2014 9:00 am

Telluride Review: Nick Broomfield's 'Tales Of The Grim Sleeper'

Telluride Review: Martin Scorsese’s ‘The 50 Year Argument’

September 1, 2014 11:33 am

Telluride Review: Martin Scorsese's 'The 50 Year Argument'