Open Up the Gates: Women Want to Direct Action Movies

When I was five years old, I got hit by an ice cream truck and was put in a full body cast. Per my request, my brother made a drawing of Diana Prince as Wonder Woman across the chest. My first lunch box chronicled the life of Jaime Sommers as the Bionic Woman. The first […]

Tom Kalin (Savage Grace) Talks Hossein Amini’s The Two Faces of January

Few writers hypnotize with the electrifying finesse of Patricia Highsmith. Her career spanned 22 novels and dozens of short stories. In brisk, spare prose coiled with tension, she lures the reader into the unsettled minds of her protagonists. Before you know it, you’re neck-deep in guilt, mesmerized, drawn beat by quiet beat into their dark […]

The 2019 Talkies: Talkhouse Film Contributors’ Top Films of the Year

Talkhouse Film contributors and a select few friends of the site voted on their favorite theatrical releases of 2019. The results of the Talkhouse Film poll are below, showing all the titles that received multiple votes; a selection of individual ballots will be posted tomorrow. Ten points were awarded to first-place films, 9 points were […]

The 2015 Talkies: Talkhouse Film Contributors’ Top Films of the Year

Talkhouse Film contributors and a select few friends of the site voted on their favorite theatrical releases of 2015. The results of the Talkhouse Film poll are below, showing all the titles that received multiple votes; individual ballots will be posted tomorrow. Ten points were awarded to first place films, 9 points were given to […]