On a basic level, Paul Thomas Anderson makes films about magnetic presences — figures who emanate such greatness that it’s nearly as impossible for bystanders ...
As Jin, Cho strikes a classic movie star presence, delivering each line with a firm, upright swagger--but his cool exterior is always on the verge of breaking....
Late into Detroit, Kathryn Bigelow’s docudrama recounting the racial terrorism that took place at the Algiers hotel during the 1967 Detroit riots, one of the in...
In a sprawling conversation, we talked to the director about the challenges of working in an entirely different visual mode, the complexities of the atmospheric sound design, and the importance of making something that feels homemade....
Legendary documentary filmmaker Steve James has a gift for effortless empathy. His latest film, Abacus: Small Enough To Jail, is a formal and tonal departure, but also a reiteration of some of James’ most prevailing thematic interests....
A portrait of one working class family living in north Philly over the course of nearly a decade, Jonathan Olshefski’s debut, Quest, strives to demonstrate the ...
I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that my favorite experiences with film this year were less my most-anticipated than the ones that defied easy description....
An adaptation of a work from one of the most beloved playwrights of the 20th century, and the third feature from one of Hollywood’s most bankable movie stars, F...
In 2016, I Am Not Your Negro is perhaps destined to be tethered to other recent pieces of racially charged social advocacy, 13th and OJ: Made In America, but Ra...
