I must have been nineteen or twenty when I was first introduced to Nick Cave's music. As a college kid trying to broaden my horizons cinematically with "classic...
Sudanese director Hajooj Kuka's documentary Beats of the Antonov is smartly constructed in a way that eases us into the political message and hope for peace lyi...
This Is Where I Leave You is Franny and Zooey meets The Big Chill. Before one starts throwing accusations of hyperbole, hold on a second and let me explain. Jon...
Writer/director David Oelhoffen has a special film on his hands because it's powerful tale begs audience members to learn more about the subject. I'm not talkin...
I’ll bet Laura Wade’s 2010 play Posh is something special to see on stage. A fictionalized take on Oxford University’s exclusive Bullingdon Club, it’s debaucher...
No one is ever going to say Ross Katz's Adult Beginners is original. The opening implosion for Jake's (Nick Kroll) multi-million dollar investment project was d...
While it could have easily become a simple behind the scenes feature for an album of three generations of Memphis soul musicians coming together to recut some h...
The first words in Colin Geddes’ TIFF description for Vanguard selection Spring are, “Before Sunrise gets a supernatural twist.” Naturally, I pushed everything ...
Director Kriv Stenders left the audience seated for his latest film Kill Me Three Times with the words, "I hope you have as much fun watching as we had making i...
Harkening back to the era of its setting, Bang Bang Baby embraces the over-the-top aesthetic of 1963 entertainment with small town girl Stepphy (Jane Levy) drea...
