It was only a matter of time. Sooner or later, a movie would break one of us. This week on the Film Stage Show, Michael, Bill, and I sit down to talk about moth...
It was always funny to think of Ted Kennedy as "the other Kennedy." How could you not? Despite his long tenure as Massachusetts Senator, he wasn't "anointed" li...
The world doesn't need another film about an irredeemable artist who forsook his wife and child for his art only to begrudgingly (and fearfully through too many...
It starts with a London-based rabbi speaking from his heart about the complexities of life. He stammers through — obviously ailing — until collapse. Suddenly we...
Turkish-French filmmaker Deniz Gamze Ergüven's 2015 feature Mustang was such a captivating, empathetic debut that many were confident she wouldn't be inflicted ...
S. Craig Zahler is the kind of genre filmmaker who’s making films unlike anyone else in his field today. His 2015 debut Bone Tomahawk pulled together an impress...
Trauma, or more specifically the aftermath of trauma, has always been a rich topic to explore in cinema, and it’s easy to see why. Trauma itself may be experien...
Armando Iannucci doesn’t make movies and TV about politics. He certainly features politicians and their endless petty squabbling and power struggles, but that’s...
Kate Winslet and Idris Elba are two formidable actors that exude immaculate on-screen presence. So having both co-star in a film that basically pits them alone ...
With just about 15 minutes or so left in its 120-minute running time, Mary Shelley comes alive. We’ve dispensed with the rote upbringing, finally moved past the...