Reviews

[SXSW Review] 7 Chinese Brothers

Jason Schwartzman has again nailed the slacker anti-hero in writer/director Bob Byington's 7 Chinese Brothers. The film revolves around 30-ish Larry (Schwartzma...

[SXSW Review] Creative Control

On the surface, a black and white near-future film about advertising executives struggling to sell eyeglasses that augment reality in order to help fund their w...

[Review] About Elly

On group vacations, minor inconveniences are common: a car rental company doesn't have the reservation, the weather isn't cooperating, a bed isn’t comfortable. ...

[Review] The Last Time You Had Fun

After watching the trailer and reading the synopsis, it's hard not to see The Last Time You Had Fun in a sort of "been there, done that" light. We've seen it be...

[Review] Woman in Gold

With all the markings (and trappings) of his usual tastes, Woman in Gold is a minor entry into the canon of Harvey Weinstein auteur theory, a film that has part...

[Review] Last Knights

Clive Owen has the right figure and face for a world-weary medieval knight, but twice now he’s ended up in period action thrillers more grueling than the Middle...

[Review] Furious 7

There's something about this series that's transcended any intellectual discussion about cinema. How else does a lamely derivative version of Point Break substi...

[Review] Ned Rifle

That the consensus choices for favorite trilogy — from Lord of the Rings and Star Wars to Three Colors and Before… — are most often defined by their overall sha...

[Review] Home

Alien invasion gets a strangely cheerful overwrite in Tim Johnson’s Home, the latest (and only) entry from DreamWorks Animation this year. The studio, that took...