With all of his films, writer/director Rian Johnson does something rather remarkable: he takes a genre he loves and studies it until he understands all of its working parts. He discovers what […]
This is a guest post by Chloe Noelle Fourte. Named after a song by the documentary’s main subject, Konrad Wert, When It Breaks is a deceptively understated portrait of a local teacher […]
The premise is, admittedly, a bit strange: actor Shia LaBeouf wrote a screenplay based on his own experiences as a child actor (and later, in rehab) exploring his dysfunctional relationship with his […]
A whirling, spinning roller coaster of emotion and drama, Waves, the third feature film from writer/director Trey Edward Shults (Krisha, It Comes at Night), is so fraught with heartbreak it may be heard […]
As difficult as it is to imagine, the Earth’s condition—both in terms of climate and physical characteristics—is not more a result of human shaping and interference than forces of nature. Everything from […]
For fans of the eternal goodness and life lessons of Fred Rogers, the last couple of years have been a real treat. Last year we got the Morgan Neville-directed Won’t You Be […]
The best thing I can say about the new crime actioner 21 Bridges is that it’s mercifully short, and that even in a subpar film like this, star Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) […]
Does knowing why Frozen’s Elsa has magical power make the Frozen universe or the character any more appealing or deep in any way? See, I don’t think so, but finding that out […]
The combination of Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen (acting for the first time together in the film) seems like a fool-proof combination, especially in the hands of director Bill Condon (who has […]
In the history books, the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program will also be known by its simpler and far more loaded name: torture. The ill-advised program was created in the wake of […]
We’ve gotten to the point where I just trust director James Mangold to get it right—whatever the subject matter of one of his films, he’ll find a way to tell the story […]
Sometimes a movie just has to be really fun and sharp to get my attention. It doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel or break the mold; it just has to be a […]
