Review: Snitch
You expect a lot of things from a movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Things like action, fist fights, awesomeness and more action. ...
Tag: Drama
Reviews
Review: Tug
Despite how nice the relationship can be, the aftermath of a breakup can sour even the fondest of memories. In our efforts to ...
New still from Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
Last week saw the release of the first still from Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac, which is sure to be one of the most ...
Reviews
Review: The We and the I
It’s funny to write this, but there are times that I think I understand young people less and less as I get older. ...
Reviews
Review: Reality
The alternate reading of the Pandora’s box myth is that hope is the worst possible thing that could have been left in that ...
Review: In the House
There’s a great short story in Richard Yates’s Eleven Kinds of Loneliness called “Builders.” In it, one of the characters naively but sincerely ...
Reviews
Review: Side Effects
I have a very love-hate relationship with Stephen Soderbergh. He made my least favorite film of all time, Bubble, and my least favorite film ...
Trailers
Trailer: Somebody Up There Likes Me
In Somebody Up There Likes Me, Nick Offerman (of Parks & Rec fame) stars alongside Keith Poulson in an indie drama/comedy about love ...
Reviews
Film Comment Selects Review: Dormant Beauty
[For the next week we’ll be looking at some of the movies playing at the Film Comment Selects series, featuring films hand selected ...
Reviews
Film Comment Selects Review: 3
[For the next week we’ll be looking at some of the movies playing at the Film Comment Selects series, featuring films hand selected ...
Trailer: Bless Me, Ultima
Rudolfo Amaya’s Bless Me, Ultima is the novel that changed my life completely. I read for the first time a few years back, ...
Reviews
Sundance Review: Lovelace
Pornography is a dirty business and I’m not strictly speaking about the clean-up crew. One doesn’t have to deeply penetrate the industry to ...