There are myriad reasons why a film can fall far short of its ambitions. A lack of funds to truly achieve a vision, an unpolished script forced into production...
Carving out a career that seems wholly based on personal taste rather than following the whims of what an audience may enjoy, Viggo Mortensen earned ubiquitous...
In just three films, writer-director Eliza Hittman has crafted some of the most vivid, intimate coming-of-age dramas of the century thus far. Following 2013's ...
Has there been a great feature made about the opioid crisis in America? Director Braden King is determined to answer the question "yes" with The Evening Hour, ...
Directed and co-written by Florian Zeller from his own play, The Father doesn’t have much visual flair. It’s a first feature, largely takes place in one apartm...
A Michael Almereyda film can be a special thing. A few years back, the writer/director gave us Experimenter, an impressive kinda-biopic of Stanley Milgram star...
In September 1997, sparked by desperation and noble intentions, Rob Richardson committed armed robbery. He was handed a 65-year prison sentence with no real ho...
Here’s a film for which the label “low-key” feels particularly misleading, one whose power resides in its simplicity, in its ability to conjure grace out of a ...
In the opening minutes of Tapeworm, a man (Adam Brooks) pulls into a gas station to use their restroom, only to find it occupied. Unable to hold it in, he runs...
Opening with a jarring, heart-stopping scene in which David (Clayne Crawford) points a gun at his sleeping wife, Robert Machoian’s The Killing of Two Lovers is...
