City Paper grade: B We’ve half of 2013 yet to go, but even when Computer Chess premiered in January it was a cinch for the year’s most surprising — and at times baffling — change of pace. Tired of being asked when…

AIRHEADS: Bawdy flight attendants Fajas (left, Carlos Areces) and Ullo (Raúl Arévalo) entertain passengers as their malfunctioning aircraft circles over Mexico. City Paper grade: B+ A delirious throwback to Pedro Almodóvar’s high-farcical period, I’m So Excited! is a garish, rude and…

City Paper Grade: B  Unlike many recent walking-dead horrors, Marc Foster’s adaptation of Max Brooks’ novel doesn’t shy away from the z-word, but in most every other way it turns the genre inside-out. Rather than shamble, these zombies, apparently infected…

City Paper Grade: B+ A proud throwback to the days when a vaudeville magician could earn a living with a few superlatively crafted minutes, Ricky Jay is the master of a discipline he created: trickster, archivist, showman and raconteur rolled into…

Movies Review: At Any Price As bold an attempt at rewriting American myth as The Place Beyond the Pines, Ramin Bahrani’s broadly drawn fable is also a substantially more foolhardy one… email print font size share LinkedIn StumbleUpon Tumblr Digg…

Movies Review: Upstream Color A poignant, surpassingly lovely essay on shared trauma and self-discovery. email print font size share LinkedIn StumbleUpon Tumblr Digg ChimeIn Delicious Google+ Reddit options   Posted: Thu, May. 2, 2013, 12:00 AM Review: Upstream Color Shane…

An off-the-cuff valentine to the spirit of pre-Giuliani NYC, Adam Leon’s raggedly ingratiating Gimme the Loot follows teens Malcolm (Ty Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana Washington) on a long-winded quest for graffiti glory. Their goal is to tag the apple that…

Movies Movie Review: 56 Up Perhaps the greatest change over the course of the Up series is its subjects’ awareness, and often resentment, of what it means to participate. email print font size share LinkedIn StumbleUpon Tumblr Digg ChimeIn Delicious…

Fans have been waiting for Quentin Tarantino’s spaghetti-Western-flavored take on the antebellum South, and the waiting doesn’t end when the movie starts. For half its (substantial) length, Django Unchained dithers and doodles, introducing Christoph Waltz as a roving bounty hunter…