The movie eventually begins to wilt under the sober, plodding direction of Steve Jacobs, but the thoughtful screenplay gives Malkovich a complex, increasingly reflective character arc that he plays with great feeling. full review

Demanding but ultimately rewarding... full review

Unfortunately, though Malkovich remains a compelling and cerebral screen presence, he comes off as too innately detached and prickly to elicit much empathy (not that his character is asking for it, mind you). full review

Disgrace is an ugly movie, at times torturous to watch. It probably needs to be. full review

I awaited the closing scenes of Disgrace with a special urgency, because the story had gripped me deeply but left me with no idea how it would end. None -- and I really cared. full review

Newcomer Jessica Haines is transparent and heartbreaking as the prof's unorthodox daughter, a victim of violence as the old ways crumble. full review

Steve Jacobs' elegantly disturbing film follows the exploits - or, more accurately, the exploitations - of 52-year-old professor David Lurie, a dissolute aesthete whose erudition does little to mask grotesque character flaws. full review

I cannot tell a lie. I derive great satisfaction watching John Malkovich act. full review

A faithful, compelling screen adaptation of J. M. Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning 1999 novel.

Though overwrought in its early scenes, the movie quickly settles into an intelligently faithful rendering of a calling to account, whose visceral power and political implications need no hyping. full review

A focused, absorbing meditation on race, class, history and sex. full review