Steve Jobs, Jafar Panahi's Taxi, Victoria, Room, Beasts of No Nation, Bridge of Spies, Truth, All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records, Experimenter

Steve Jobs

Jafar Panahi's Taxi



Victoria

Room



Beasts of No Nation

Bridge of Spies



Truth

All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records



Experimenter

Nine movies to plow through = a quick capsule on each:

Run All Night, Cinderella, October Gale

Run All Night

Cinderella



October Gale

Capsule reviews on the week's new features:

The Monuments Men

In the flat and turgid "The Monuments Men," George Clooney turns WWII into a painted set, a mere backdrop for a series of vapid speeches (by him, natch) about art as the cornerstone of civilization, the thing we were fighting for most.

The Top Ten Films of 2013: #2

#2

Blue Jasmine

Please don’t be put off by hearsay that “Blue Jasmine” is one of Woody Allen’s “serious” films. Rest assured that while “Jasmine” offers a breathtakingly credible portrayal of a woman on the verge, it also provides copious quantities of huge laughs.