There have, of course, been a great many animated films about deeply serious subjects, many in recent years, from Persepolis to Anomalisa to Waltz With Bashir....
It is hard to think of a recent horror film––or a film of any genre, really––in which the main character is tasked with a job as original and ingenious as Enid...
"Misha checked every box for the type of woman we seek to interview,” states a radio host with a pleasingly mellifluous voice at the start of Misha and the Wol...
There is a stellar moment in Mark Harris’ stunning new biography Mike Nichols: A Life in which the director’s early 70s oddity The Day of the Dolphin is releas...
Following our top 50 films of 2020 and more year-end coverage, we're pleased to share personal top 10s of 2020 from our contributors.
Yes, 2020 will forever...
It is holiday time, and to that end, this latest look at recent books touching on the world of cinema features some gift ideas, quarantine reading—and even lit...
Did ex-Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and the late London jazz club impresario Ronnie Scott ever cross paths? As key figures of the last century of music, it i...
The idea of 67% of American households tuning into a network television movie seems almost absurd in 2020. The Super Bowl can rate those numbers, but a movie? ...
While much entertainment can be had from stories of successful, high-level crime families, tales of low-level crime syndicates are often far more impactful. Ca...
“You are surrounded by intruders,” a strange, inexplicably knowing old woman tells a haunted voice actor and singer named Inés. “You have to get in the dream a...
Christopher Schobert is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic who has written for numerous outlets worldwide and covered film festivals in Toronto, New York, and London. Currently, he writes reviews and features for The Film Stage, writes a monthly cinema column for Buffalo Spree magazine, and discusses film as a regular guest on the Shredd and Ragan radio show on Buffalo’s 97 Rock.
