Completing a feature film is no small task for any artist, from an independent drama to a superhero blockbuster. From script to production to editing and final touches, crafting a finished story […]
From the writer/director of the supremely strong and naturalistic First Girl I Loved, Kerem Sanga, comes another work about a romance that seems fated not to work, with far more dire consequences […]
Another offering this week that features shitty people doing shitty things to less fortunate people is writer/director J Blakeson’s I Care A Lot, in which Rosamund Pike plays professional, court-appointed guardian Marla […]
The latest from writer/director John Swab (Run with the Hunted), Body Brokers opens with a statement about the Affordable Care Act made in the law that health insurance companies must cover drug […]
There are several films out this week about people who made a lot of money finding loopholes (usually legal, but not always) in the system and exploiting them (see also: Body Brokers […]
Although it has been a while since I’ve revisited the 1945 David Lean adaptation of Noël Coward’s play Blithe Spirit, I’ve always counted it as one of my favorite early works by […]
It’s rare that I wish a film were longer than its economic 84-minute run-time, but such is the case for Robin Wright’s directorial debut, Land. From a script by Jesse Chatham and […]
It’s not easy to create a believable alternate reality in contemporary independent films; particularly if the world of the film deals with technology, the sheer volume of details to consider to make […]
Every now and then, a film approaches such sublime perfection that subsequent viewings only strengthen one’s warm impression of the work. Lee Isaac Chung’s touching and deeply relatable Minari is such a film, […]
Added to the list of recent movies about adventures in time-looping is the latest from director Ian Samuels (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) and writer Lev Grossman (based on his novella, The […]
As I giggled my way through Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar, the Bridesmaids follow-up by co-writers Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig (who also star), I realized that it feels like […]
Directed by noted documentarian (One Day in September) and feature filmmaker (The Last King of Scotland) Kevin Macdonald, The Mauritanian centers on the horrific true story of Guantánamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould […]
