Richard Alleva

A mystery story, a portrait of marriage, and—more than anything else—a satire on big American expectations.

What’s quietly revelatory about 'Love Is Strange' is that its creators didn’t feel the need to turn it into a social-protest document.

'Calvary' belongs in a select company of films that deal powerfully with the plight of a priest who finds himself at odds with his community.

Jim Jarmusch’s vampire movie, 'Only Lovers Left Alive,' goes right where Jonathan Glazer’s critically acclaimed 'Under the Skin' goes wrong.

Atypical work for the whimsical and aesthetic Wes Anderson, or another journey further into 'Andersonland'?

Darren Aronofsky, a master of misery, is very much in his element in 'Noah' as he envisions the sinful self-destruction of nearly the whole damned human race.