Film

Sometimes you watch something amazing and inspiring and know exactly what kind of movie you want to make next.

Rather than twisted and predatory or respectable and desexualized, this groundbreaking French thriller makes gay men sultry and dangerous.

The actor (and bleeding-heart Hollywood Commie Hippie Punk) delves into this visceral tale of revenge, and the great performance at its core.

The actress and writer-director is a kid in a candy shop watching this spectacular, brilliantly choreographed Indonesian-set action movie.

In the only end-of-year poll voted on solely by filmmakers, more than 40 Talkhouse Film contributors voiced their opinions on the best movies of 2014.

A late-night conversation between a director and his musical theater-loving boyfriend about the Sondheim movie adaptation they just saw.

A filmmaker who became a director because of Clint Eastwood considers the retired actor's latest effort behind the camera.

A USC film school alum tries his luck with a movie set at his alma mater and starring one of his favorite Hollywood actors.

As you watch a movie, your mind registers a million different thoughts. Here's how one filmmaker processed this year's big Sundance-winning film.

Memories of early Fincher and the passing of another great director, and connecting the dots between two twisted, satirical thrillers about marriage.

One of the most shocking and controversial movies of the year inspires not an enraged critical attack — but a cartoon.

A Jewish filmmaker goes to see a comedy about a Jewish family's funeral gathering and wonders who's coming to shiva, and why.