If one imagines a real-life version of Up with a bit of Thelma & Louise thrown in, they get Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Taika Waititi's charming on-the-run a...
From the grand, savage outdoors to the inner chambers of those awaiting certain death, Werner Herzog has gone to the ends of the Earth to capture our innermost ...
As uncomfortable a viewing experience it may be, the best films from Todd Solondz slowly reveal themselves with their character intricacies and distinct touches...
Coming to Sundance with his tender character study This is Martin Bonner a few years back, director Chad Hartigan triumphantly returns with the coming-of-age co...
The greatest southern gothic tales feature richly detailed atmosphere dripping with a strong sense of location. Night of the Hunter and other classics certainly...
The leap from short-form filmmaking to feature can be rife with pitfalls. A reliance on the flashy style that was the foundation of a music video or commercial ...
Transporting us to a richly detailed Cuba, Viva tells the story of Jesus (Héctor Medina), a meek hairdresser whose clients include drag queens at a local Havana...
One of the most essential double-dips I've ever made is for Joel and Ethan Coen's phenomenal drama Inside Llewyn Davis on The Criterion Collection, which ar...
We'll likely have to wait until Cannes for Jim Jarmusch's highly-anticipated next film Paterson, but the director will have a presence at this week's Sundan...
There are few more compelling casts this year in cinema than the main quartet in Luca Guadagnino's highly-anticipated follow-up to I Am Love, A Bigger Splas...
Jordan Raup is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Film Stage and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. Track his obsessive film-watching on Letterboxd.
