Portrait of a Dissident

Mercy Killing

The Paranormal Activity franchise must be put down

Hedging Your Bets

Arbitrage is a worthy investment, with strong performances by Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon

Ben Hurrah

Argo finds Ben Affleck once again showing his skills as a director of suspense

Perfectly Crazy

Seven Psychopaths uses an all-star cast to tell a warped tale

Return to Form

Tim Burton revisits his Frankenweenie after a quarter century and knocks it out of the park

A Fantastic Life

Meet Wayne White, the most fascinating artist you’ve never heard of

It’s (Not) About Time

The mechanics of time travel aren’t really the point of the dazzling Looper

Real Life Radio

Sleepwalk With Me was an NPR piece before Mike Birbiglia took it to the big screen

The Future, Rebooted

Hollywood manages to improve a ’90s Stallone flick, but just barely