City of Ghosts

Turns out to be a supple, intriguing, and beautifully staged movie. It features Dillon, in his most forceful performance since ''Drugstore Cowboy.''Read Full Review »

An exotic throwback to the kind of movies that John Huston used to make, where on-the-lam expatriates, tubby guys with tinny accents, and sinister locals convene in a ramshackle but seductive foreign burg -- and corruption, conflict and come-ons from a sultry female or two ensue.Read Full Review »

Between the Caan and Dillon characters there are atmosphere, desperation and romance, and, at the end, something approaching true pathos.Read Full Review »

Richly atmospheric and suspenseful.Read Full Review »

For his atmospheric debut as a feature director, the actor Matt Dillon has cast himself as a guy in need of saving. It's a nice fit.Read Full Review »

A triumph of place over sense.Read Full Review »

Musters gobs of atmosphere and touristy menace without attending much to story or character.Read Full Review »

It's an actor's film, all right -- peppered with rich supporting performances but unconvincing in the telling.Read Full Review »

The story, a half-baked one about treachery and greed, meanders to an unsatisfactory ending with a punch line that, well, doesn't punch very hard.Read Full Review »