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[Review] Eye in the Sky

Though it tackles drone warfare, Eye in the Sky removes itself from many of the thornier issues of this ultra-timely subject. It’s modeled as a gritty military ...

[Review] City of Gold

Criticism can be a lot of things. Cheerleading, examination, storytelling, pathfinding. But the heart of it all is opening a dialogue, no matter the intention. ...

[Review] Hyena Road

As unusual as it may seem, filmmaker Guy Maddin made a documentary about the making of a mid-budget Canadian war film called Hyena Road with his creative partne...

[Review] Me Him Her

You have to give Max Landis credit for trying to breathe fresh air into Hollywood tropes through his genre-merging scripts, whether you believe they're effectiv...

[Review] Emelie

It begins with the abduction of a girl. The scene is quiet and innocuous until it isn't—a car rolling up to a young girl to ask for directions as children play ...

[Review] The Wave

Over the past decade, Norway has managed to out-Hollywood the thrill-happy American film industry by producing their own big-budget spectacles. Works such as th...

[Review] Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

It’s startlingly easy to forget that America is still at war, and while the minutiae of the definition has shifted with the decades, it’s a persistent influenc...