"The Village," the new film by the acclaimed M. Night Shyamalan of "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs" fame, proves two things: He is a master of the old-school film craft that emphasizes atmosphere and ...

Undeniably, the most objectively bad thing in this film is Adrien Brody’s Noah Percy. This unspeakably distasteful portrayal (and inaccurate) portrayal of a person who even vaguely resembles Brody’s ...

There is doubtless an engrossing documentary to be made on the pitfalls of youthful directorial success, with M. Night Shyamalan bidding for a place as its focus. "The Village" unravels in a muddled ...

In 28 days it began. In 28 weeks it spread. In 28 years it evolved.

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Specifically, the New York of the Village–more explicitly the Village when it was still The Village, and not a theme park for bohemia. The Village and all that talk, all those hopped-up riffs, epic ...