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[Blu-Review] Let Me In

Anyone who goes into Let Me In having seen Let the Right One In will be hard-pressed not to make comparisons, and that’s more than fair. Let Me In, directed...

[Review] The Roommate

The Roommate is a largely missed opportunity, right down to the design of the actual “room” these “mates” share. As escapist Hollywood entertainment does, every...

[Review] Marwencol

One of the biggest surprises in my Spirit Award ventures, Marwencol is a touching true story full of poignancy and charm. This documentary unravels the tale o...

[Review] Cold Weather

Mumblecore goes mainstream, or somewhat so, in Cold Weather, writer/director/editor Aaron Katz's second feature film. His first, Quiet City, helped spark wh...

[Review] Sanctum

Sanctum, directed by Alister Grierson, is a 3-D effects slide show that wants desperately to be a feature film. Set in an underwater cave that no human has ev...

[Sundance Review] Tyrannosaur

Certainly one of the darkest films at Sundance 2011, thespian Paddy Considine's directorial debut Tyrannosaur tells a simple story: girl finds boy, boy want...

[Sundance Review] The Interrupters

Steve James’ dense, meticulously-focused documentary, The Interrupters, about urban violence in Chicago and those who’ve chosen to prevent it is an epic chron...

[Review] The Mechanic

The Mechanic is a professionally-made product: we’ve been sold a Jason Statham action film; CBS Films and Simon West have delivered. So what? West’s firs...

[Review] The Rite

For a genre film, The Rite takes the subject matter of faith as seriously as it can while retaining mainstream appeal. If it were to dive either way we mig...

[Sundance Video Review] The Convincer

With Jill Sprecher's The Convincer, Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin reunite on the independent film scene after achieving success with Little Miss Sunshine. Unf...