The Forgiven Review: A Strained Morality Play By and for the Bourgeois
At a time when western cinema is in its most self-consciously liberal mode ever, it’s hard not to have mixed feelings about John Michael McDonagh's The Forgive...
Jessica Chastain
The 355 Review: Mission: Impossible Retread Delivers Passable Thrills and Action Clichés
Nobody is talking about the Colombian wunderkind who single-handedly coded a drive that can backdoor any encrypted electronic device in the world from a single...
TIFF Review: The Eyes of Tammy Faye Lacks Bite But Gives Jessica Chastain an Exceptional Showcase
When we first see Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye in Michael Showalter’s new film, she has a Bible in her hands. She’s young, she’s ready to take on the world a...
The Eyes of Tammy Faye Trailer: Jessica Chastain & Andrew Garfield Transform into Televangelists
After winning Best Picture earlier this year with Nomadland, Searchlight Pictures have quite a slate lined up this fall including Wes Anderson's The French Dis...
‘Dark Phoenix’ Review: Fox Bids Adieu to Superhero Franchise with Lukewarm Bellyflop
It’s the end of an era. With the recently-completed transition of 20th Century Fox and all its various IP licenses to the Walt Disney Company–Hollywood’s very o...
Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe Biopic ‘Blonde’ Eyes Ana de Armas to Lead
It's a shame that the director behind one of the century's greatest films, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, has had this much tro...
Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Coen Brothers, Marilyn Monroe, Caitlin Cronenberg, and More
Fall is a fine time to submerge oneself under an afghan with a good book, and there are many new treats centered on cinema....
‘The Tree of Life’ Extended Edition: Terrence Malick’s Magnum Opus Gets a Gratifying Expansion
How can you improve upon one of the greatest films of all-time? We look at the new edition of the Palme d'Or winner, now on Criterion....
New to Streaming: ‘Ex Machina,’ ‘Mississippi Grind,’ ‘The Snowman,’ and More
All the newly streaming films of Netflix, Amazon, MUBI, and more....
New to Streaming: ‘Isle of Dogs,’ ‘Gemini,’ ‘A Quiet Place,’ ‘The Endless,’ and More
All the newly streaming films of Netflix, Amazon, FilmStruck, and more....