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The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post. -- George Bernard Shaw Epistolary stories are fascinating to me given what's in the collected correspondence and what's left out. As letters go back and fo...
| Hubert Vigilla |
Missed connections serve as the chosen medium for lovelorn, hopeless romantics who believe in fleeting chance encounters in public. I can say this with confidence, because I used to regularly check missed connections on a dai...
| Geoff Henao |
The History of Future Folk is about the origins of the universe's only alien bluegrass folk duo, and how they discovered and fell in love with Earth's music. It's charming, adventurous, and a ton of fun. I mean when's the las...
| Liz Rugg |
In Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Roony Mara and Casey Affleck star as a star-crossed couple on the lam, and it looks pretty intense. Also, as Dre brings up regularly on Flixist's podcast, Flixistentialism, Casey Affleck is dream...
| Liz Rugg |
To follow up Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, two of the best character pieces ever made, was always going to be a challenge. Keeping that quality and that momentum going into a third film made another nine years later ...
| Alec Kubas-Meyer |
Another day, another movie about a woman who needs to find a man in order to have a fulfilled life. In Baggage Claim, we follow a single flight attendant who, upon the announcement of her younger sister's engagement, decides...
| Liz Rugg |
Yesterday we brought you the first trailer for the upcoming Indie sci-fi romance comedy The History of Future Folk, and today we have a brand new poster for it! The poster itself is actually a bit underwhelming, it features t...
| Liz Rugg |
After years of neglect, the Alien Folk Duo Sci-Fi Action Romance Comedy genre is finally getting some attention with John Mitchell and Jeremy Kipp Walker's The History of Future Folk. The movie stars Nils d’Aulaire and...
| Liz Rugg |
There is an ebb and flow to the laughter between the men and women of my theater, during Before Midnight. As Jesse makes a salient point about the manic nature of women, the men laugh. When Celine talks about the self-serv...
| Allistair Pinsof |
UPDATE: Variety reports that Drew Barrymore has signed on to the spiritual third part of Adam Sandler's romantic comedy trilogy (The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates came first). No other new information is available at the mom...
| Nick Valdez |
[From March 9th - 17th, Flixist will be providing coverage from South by Southwest 2013 in Austin, TX. Prepare yourselves for reviews, interviews, features, photos, videos, and all types of shenanigans!] A few things entice...
| Hubert Vigilla |
Mood Indigo (titled L'Écume des Jours or "Froth on the Daydream" in French) is director Michel Gondry's newest dealings with love and loss. With such previous heavy-hitters as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and...
| Liz Rugg |
The Brass Teapot stars Juno Temple and Michael Angarano as a young husband a wife, in love and broke. One day Alice (Temple) finds a brass teapot at an antique shop, but the star-crossed lovers quickly realize that this is n...
| Liz Rugg |
Despite how nice the relationship can be, the aftermath of a breakup can sour even the fondest of memories. In our efforts to leave our past behind us, we'll always held back by that last line of hope. Or, you know, the crazy ex that just won't take a hint...
| Geoff Henao |
Upstream Color, the sophomore film by Primer writer/director Shane Carruth, will be coming out soon. Allistair saw the movie at Sundance last month (read his review here) and a few of us will be checking it out at SXSW next m...
| Hubert Vigilla |
[Chick Flix Club examines films within the female driven comedy/drama genres (otherwise colloquially referred to as "chick flicks") in order to understand why we may or may not adore these flicks despite not being in the inte...
| Nick Valdez |
Whether you're happily or unhappily single, if you're single at all, Valentine's day will probably make you sick to your stomach. The important thing to realize today is that you're not alone in this. As someone who's freshly...
| Liz Rugg |
Valentine's Day is an odd release date for A Good Day to Die Hard. Maybe Russian Orthodox Christmas on January 7th was too early. Regardless, we think the makers of A Good Day to Die Hard should have totally owned today's dat...
| Hubert Vigilla |
Zombies are the new vampires (after vampires became the new zombies). With the walking dead taking over media industries, interest in zombies is at an all-time high in recent years. With straight-up zombie stories to parodies...
| Geoff Henao |
Focus Features has released online an illustrated version of Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola's Academy Award nominated script for their 2012 film, Moonrise Kingdom. You can click through the script on their website and downloa...
| Liz Rugg |
Le Taxidermiste is an incredibly cute video about death and the preservation of life. The storyline may be relatively subdued, but the incredible visual detail and style is enough to keep my attention the whole time. Also, dat keyboard solo. The adorable Le Taxidermiste was created by Paulin Cointot, Dorianne Fibleuil, Antoine Robert, and Maud Sertour. [via Vimeo]
| Liz Rugg |
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