Near the very beginning of Ruben Östlund's Force Majeure, we come to understand the impetus for a family’s vacation when the wife, Ebba (Lisa Loven Kongsli), ex...
When someone says that they will do their best, the expression is meant as a kind of assurance. No matter what, it seems to say, you can rest easy knowing that ...
Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young is wise, funny, fiercely intelligent and always involving. It’s not just the director’s most complete film — it’s also his bes...
The quintessential midnight experience, Kevin Smith’s next outing as he transitions from slacker comedy to dark horror is, like most of his films, for the fans....
Can a movie have too much scope, too many twists, or too much sex? These seem to be the questions which drove the creation of Scarlet Innocence, and to all of t...
Adults need fairy tales too and Thomas McCarthy--with cowriter Paul Sado--deliver one in The Cobbler. They don't try to pretend it's something more, either, as ...
Sometimes one just needs to cleanse their palette or expand their mind by checking out a film even the director says is all about the experience. So when Peter ...
Inspired by his 2007 documentary Beautiful Young Minds, the feature narrative debut of Morgan Matthews, A Brilliant Young Mind, is a confidently directed versio...
Forty-two short films were selected as part of the Toronto International Film Festivals 2014 iteration of Short Cuts Canada. Showcasing a slew of up-and...
One of the surest ways to ensure fealty in someone is to make them feel as though they belong. Any group that seeks to instill loyalty in its members must first...
