Review: Designer Dresses, Mid-Century Paris and the Endearing Charm of Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Based on the 1958 novel by nearly the same name (the book drops the H for a bit of added…
Review: Based on a True Story, Operation Mincemeat Offers Drama, History and a Glimpse into WWII-era Personal Lives
One of the things I love about historical dramas is that they have a tendency to be dry, which I…
Review: Creation Stories Tells the Riotous, Indulgent Life Story of Scottish Music Industry Man Alan McGee
As only Danny Boyle (credited here as an executive producer) and Irvine Welsh (who co-wrote the screenplay with Dean Cavanagh)…
Interview: Filmmaker Fran Kranz on Making Mass and the Most Honorable, Important Thing People Can Do Right Now
One of the most talked-about films of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was Mass, the writing/directing debut of actor Fran…
Interview: Martha Plimpton on Making Mass, the Rhythm of the Script, and Midwestern Pragmatism
We continue a series of interviews for one of the most talked about films of this year’s Sundance Film Festival:…
Interview: Ann Dowd on Making Mass and What She Learned from Years Working in Chicago Theater
One of the most talked-about films of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the writing/directing debut of actor Fran Kranz,…
Review: Parents Reckon with Unthinkable Tragedy in Emotional, Challenging School Shooting Drama Mass
Known primarily as an actor who pops up in a lot of Joss Whedon TV and film properties, Fran Kranz…
Dispatch: Award Winners and A Few More Films as Sundance Film Festival Wraps
The Sundance Film Festival wrapped last week, and even though it was entirely virtual this year, it turns out it…
Review: With Skyfire, Come for the Erupting Volcanoes, Don’t Stay Hoping for Any Character Depth
I’m not sure if I completely understand the semantics behind it ($$), but for some reason, British director Simon West…
Review: Animated, Direct-to-VOD Scoob! Is Somehow Too Much and Not Enough
If it’s possible for a film to be both too much and not enough, then that’s probably the best way…
Review: A Tragic Day Recounted Impressively in Hotel Mumbai
Taking a similar approach as 22 July earlier this year (minus the courtroom drama of that film), Hotel Mumbai perilously walks…
Interview: Jason Isaacs Plays a Man With a Chestful of Medals in The Death of Stalin
If you’ve been paying any kind of attention to film or television in the past 25 years or so, you’ve…
