War movies that come out “too soon” are at the mercy of an understandably tender and sore audience. In turn, the genre’s greats are often poorly received during their initial […]
I’ve often said that someone being disappointed by a film because it doesn’t meet the expectations you had of it going in isn’t the fault of the film; it’s your […]
This article was written by Lauren Weiner. Wetiko is a beautiful movie. Its visual allure comes from the sinister yet whimsical filmmaking. At some uncertain point in the narrative, you […]
Writer, director, cinematographer, editor, and producer Adam Carter Rehmeier first got no small amount of recognition for his divisive 2011 horror film The Bunny Game, about a prostitute searching for […]
What separates the music documentaries directed by producer and Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Summer of Soul; Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius); Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years […]
Based on the Mattel toys and 1980s animated series, this current Masters of the Universe film is the second live-action adaptation of this material, following the 1987 version starring Dolph […]
If nothing else, Daniel Roher’s Tuner gets credit for originality. Co-written by Robert Ramsey, the Oscar-winning director (the absolutely must-see documentary Navalny), Roher turns to narrative film for this story […]
The documentary Food Roots was screened at AMC River East on May 19 as a benefit for Common Threads, a national nonprofit that shares cooking and nutrition education with families […]
The work of Alberto Vázques (Birdboy: The Forgotten Children,Unicorn Wars) features a cutesy art style that embodies childlike whimsy. But such visuals are deceiving. The stories that unfold in his […]
There are a handful of filmmakers esteemed enough in my opinion to warrant seeking out their latest films without any other details beyond that they’ve made them. Martin Scorsese. Greta […]
Oscar-winning screenwriter Jim Rash (who co-wrote Alexander Payne’s The Descendants) has penned and directed his most emotionally charged film to date (after The Way Way Back and Downhill), Miss You, […]
Before we get into the review of this top-notch psychological thriller, let’s do a quick recent history lesson. People have been posting eerie images of a fictional place called “The […]