A film can be knocked off track by its main characters. Even a powerful message and an interesting exploration of an idea can’t overcome protagonists that you r...
Grow Up, Tony Phillips, the latest film from young writer/director Emily Hagins has a suffocating charm, something that comes as both a praise and a criticism. ...
Listening to William Shakespeare on the silver screen in the guise of the modern age can be jarring, as we watch people with cell phones and electricity use the...
With Snap, directors Youssef Delara and Victor Teran's key goal seems to be thrusting their audience into uncomfortable situations. Mental health is an extremel...
One of the most dark and emotionally deafening documentaries I’ve ever witnessed, there’s no easy way to comprehend The Act of Killing’s total impact and how af...
Subtlety is a hard art to master, yet it abounds in the miraculously tender and poignant Short Term 12. Director Destin Cretton builds off of rising star Brie L...
Every now and then a film completely sideswipes your mental capacities and takes over. Since seeing Cheap Thrills at a midnight screening on Tuesday night at SX...
The themes one deals with in a film can sometimes be better than the film itself, and this notion carries true for Drinking Buddies, the newest film from Joe Sw...
Emily Hagins is a bit of a local legend. She broke out onto the scene with My Sucky Teen Romance, but she's been a young director making waves and grabbing ...
Everyone's Going to Die (Jones)
Everyone's Going To Die is a lesson in momentum. After a rough and tonally awkward beginning, it hits its stride and never lo...
