World & Nation
It was a chilly Thursday afternoon, but the downtown Rolan theater was packed with mostly middle-aged and older filmgoers.
Feb. 6, 2015
Movies
More an accumulation of often indefinable images than any kind of even remotely traditional feature, the documentary “Leviathan” proves a strange and unsatisfying endurance test.
May 9, 2013
Entertainment & Arts
Though many watching at home may not have realized it, at least one piece of the Oscar puzzle could have been sealed Sunday night: For the last four years, the winner of the Golden Globe for foreign language film has gone on to win the Oscar in the same category.
Jan. 12, 2015
Awards
Three films considered surefire Oscar nominees — “The Lego Movie,” “Life Itself” and “Force Majeure” — didn’t find favor with the academy in, respectively, the animation, documentary and foreign-language categories.
Jan. 29, 2015
“Leviathan” (citywide) is “Alien” under water.
March 17, 1989
The Russian film “Leviathan” is the story of a man fighting to save his home, his livelihood, his family, his dignity and his life, building a sweep and scope that is at once personal and epic.
Dec. 30, 2014
Russian films tend to be somber, brooding affairs, but even by those uncompromising national standards, Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Leviathan” is serious business indeed.
“Loveless,” a new film about the failed institutions in and of the Russian state, couldn’t be more timely.
May 20, 2017
New Releases: Plus ‘Amour,’ ‘The Big City’ / ‘Charulata,’ ‘Leviathan’ and more.
Aug. 18, 2013
“Leviathan,” a brooding Russian film about one family’s struggle to hold on to its land in a corrupt, far-flung village, is the winner of the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Jan. 10, 2015