Michael Nordine

Michael Nordine is a regular film contributor at Voice Media Group and its film partner, the Village Voice. VMG publications include LA Weekly, Denver Westword, Phoenix New Times, Miami New Times, Houston Press and Dallas Observer.

Latest Stories

It’s Time to Catch Up on the Rapture: <i>The Leftovers</i> Has Become One of TV’s Best Shows

It’s Time to Catch Up on the Rapture: The Leftovers Has Become One of TV’s Best Shows

By Michael Nordine

<i>Donnie Darko</i> Returns But Remains Out of Time

Donnie Darko Returns But Remains Out of Time

By Michael Nordine

Dakota Fanning Compels as a Mute Midwife, but <i>Brimstone</i> Won’t Leave You Speechless

Dakota Fanning Compels as a Mute Midwife, but Brimstone Won’t Leave You Speechless

By Michael Nordine

As <i>Taboo</i>‘s Finale Looms, a Celebration of Tom Hardy’s Mumbly, Mystical Powers

As Taboo‘s Finale Looms, a Celebration of Tom Hardy’s Mumbly, Mystical Powers

By Michael Nordine

<i>Le parc</i>, One of This Winter’s Best New Movies, Premieres on MUBI

Le parc, One of This Winter’s Best New Movies, Premieres on MUBI

By Michael Nordine

<i>Sleepless</i> Makes Michelle Monaghan and Jamie Foxx Work All Night Against a Tired Script

Sleepless Makes Michelle Monaghan and Jamie Foxx Work All Night Against a Tired Script

By Michael Nordine

<i>Patriots Day</i> Finds Mark Wahlberg Caught Between Fiction and Real Disaster

Patriots Day Finds Mark Wahlberg Caught Between Fiction and Real Disaster

By Michael Nordine

Martin Scorsese’s Priests Persevere in the Searching Silence

By Michael Nordine

Set in a Now Better Than Ours, Miss Sloane Pits a Powerful Woman Against the Gun Lobbyists

By Michael Nordine and Others

Playing by Old Rules, Warren Beatty’s Howard Hughes Drama Stumbles

By Michael Nordine

Peter and the Farm Gets Back to Nature, but Isn’t Always Happy About It

By Michael Nordine

Black Mirror‘s Third Season Probably Won’t Stop the Robot Uprising, and That’s Okay

By Michael Nordine

Rob Zombie Digs Through the Ditches in 31 — and Finds More of the Same

By Michael Nordine

Gross-Out Goof The Greasy Strangler Dares You to Hate It

By Michael Nordine

The Girl on the Train Offers Steady Suspense, but Where Does It Get You?

By Michael Nordine

The Girl on the Train Offers Steady Suspense, but Where Does It Get You?

By Michael Nordine

Certain Movies: L.A. Weekly‘s Critics Pick Their Favorites at the Toronto Film Festival

By Michael Nordine and Others

Toronto Film Festival: Conjoined-Twin Drama Indivisible Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

By Michael Nordine

Demon‘s Artful Horror Digs Into Poland’s Past — and Slowly Overwhelms

By Michael Nordine

Toronto Film Festival: Terrence Malick Reveals the Majesty of Creation

By Michael Nordine

Toronto Film Festival: Superstar Fan Bingbing Fights for Her Honor in I Am Not Madame Bovary

By Michael Nordine

Bread and Circus: Ben-Hur Is Nothing New, but It Puts on a Decent Show

By Michael Nordine