Stories like What Maisie Knew are tough pills to swallow because of their authentic depiction of human selfishness. It’s easy to label the subject matter overwr...
The year is 1985. The extremist African-American liberation group MOVE has headquartered itself in a West Philadelphia house in a densely populated neighborhood...
Music is one of the most maleable cultural artifacts. Novels can rely on too many specific elements and contexts, on top of require quite a bit of time and atte...
Bridegroom is a curious, highly personal documentary, an intimate portrait of Tom and Shane, two all-American kids in love from the Midwest. What is so curious ...
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic is a mostly fitting documentary for a comic genius. With a mix of hilarious clips and interviews, it’s lively and fun without reac...
Adult World is a likeable, boarding on loveable, comedy staring Emma Roberts as Amy, a recent college graduate with a degree in poetry. Not exactly a lucrative ...
A bleak work edging towards neo-realism, Sunlight Jr. takes place in a welfare state: a trailer park outside of Tampa. There aren’t full on revaluations about t...
A Case of You is a dumb romantic comedy -- not without a few laughs, but it's certainly missing many brain cells. Sam (Justin Long) writes novelizations of popu...
Matt Wolf’s Teenage is an awfully bland telling of an interesting story. Combining media, including archival materials with some newly shot footage, it traces t...
