David Edelstein

Film critic David Edelstein reviews the new documentary Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films by director Bred Wood. It's about the Highway Safety Foundation of Mansfield, Ohio, which made a series of graphic driver's education films in the 1960s to warn students about the dangers of driving recklessly, sleepily or drunk.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Dirty Pretty Things, directed by Stephen Frears.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews The Magdalene Sisters by Scottish writer/director Peter Mullan. It's based on Ireland's actual Magdalene Asylums where Catholic girls accused of "moral crimes" (anything from getting pregnant, to being too attractive, to accusing a man of rape) were sent to work in laundries to atone for their sins. These virtual prisons finally closed their doors in 1996.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews The Secret Lives of Dentists.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews the new film American Splendor.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Thirteen, starring Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Once Upon A Time In the Midlands, starring Robert Carlyle.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews the new Sofia Coppola film, Lost in Translation. The film stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Woody Allen’s new comedy “Anything Else” starring Jason Biggs and Christina Ricci.

Film critic David Edelstein discusses Under the Tuscan Sun, based on the book of the same name.