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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
If the bank of trustworthiness requires constant investment, Alex Gibney’s previous work pays dividends in what is his most challenging film to date, Going Clea...
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...