[Review] Homefront
For a certain type of moviegoer, the on-paper credentials of Homefront are undeniably encouraging: written by Sylvester Stallone (whose initial intentions here ...
Danny King
Watch: In One-Hour Documentary, Actors Attest to the Perfectionism of Michael Mann
First aired in 2001, the hour-long documentary “Les Réalisateurs: Michael Mann,” a second-season entry in the TV series The Directors, isn’t the easiest thi...
Trailer for Joe Swanberg’s ‘Drinking Buddies’ Follow-Up ‘All the Light in the Sky’
Last week, Factory 25 announced their acquisition of (and distribution plans for) Joe Swanberg’s All the Light in the Sky, which is set to receive a multi-p...
Watch: One-Hour Doc On ‘The Film School Generation’ of the 1970s With Coppola, Spielberg, Scorsese & More
As introduced by a very reverent John Lithgow, the hour-long documentary “The Film School Generation” -- made in 1995 as part of an omnibus TV project entit...
Jason Clarke Loses His Temper in the Australian Outback In Trailer For ‘Swerve’
While interest in Cohen Media Group’s upcoming theatrical slate is doubtless dominated by a certain Claude Lanzmann offering, the company’s forthcoming deli...
Trailer For Janus Films’ New 2K Restoration of Harold Lloyd’s 1925 ‘The Freshman’
This past week, Janus Films got around to posting the trailer for their 2K restoration of the 1925 silent comedy The Freshman on YouTube. Being released in ...
Watch: Longtime Scorsese Editor Thelma Schoonmaker Analyzes Scenes From ‘The Aviator,’ ‘Goodfellas,’ and ‘Raging Bull’
In May 2010, Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese’s longtime film editor, received the Susan B. Anthony “Failure Is Impossible” Award at the George Eastman H...
[NYFF Review] The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
In the press notes for Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, the following is written underneath the film’s title: “Walter Mitty: n. An ordinary person...
[NYFF Review] Stranger by the Lake
The parking lot, always glimpsed from the same perched, high-angle camera position, is the edge of society in Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake. Men pull u...
[Review] Enough Said
There is a (debatable?) rule, in the field of film assessment, which states that a critic should be wary of reaching beyond the text or the frame of a given fil...
