In a film festival climate which often seeks to grab attention through comparison -- "it’s this year’s that," or, just as often, "it’s this meets that" -- we, o...
Prisoners might be the most shockingly dark studio release since Fight Club, a grim, unsettling, occasionally convoluted, but undeniably gripping thriller. The ...
If anyone asked if Jason Reitman was truly a great director or, rather, someone with excellent luck in choosing projects -- I remember thinking his Best Directo...
After finding a glut of recent work in television, it's good to see writer-director Richard Shepard back in theaters with Dom Hemingway. As a big fan of both Th...
It can be said that emerging writer-director Ti West sets a certain expectation, making what some consider to be "anti-horror" films. There's been the '80s feti...
Starring Toni Collette and directed by Megan Griffiths, Lucky Them is a strong character study centered around a Seattle rarely seen on film: infused with the h...
Guillaume Canet’s Blood Ties not only tells a story that’s been wrought so often, but, worse yet, in a manner that lacks the raw, rough, and ready energy of tho...
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options -- not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves -- we believe it's our duty to highlight ...
What do you get when you cross one of Japan's most influential comedians, a premise similar to The Game -- but with a zany wild streak of subversive humor -- an...