Drama
Michael Tully (Ping Pong Summer) Talks J.C. Chandor’s A Most Violent Year
The increasingly versatile New York-based writer-director creates a very grounded, textured thriller set in Gotham in the early 1980s.
David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep
Its heady seriousness and three-hour running time make this year's Palme d'Or winner a daunting prospect, but the film holds slow-burning pleasures.
Ti West (The Sacrament) Talks Chris Rock’s Top Five
The new directorial effort by one of the funniest men in Hollywood goes beyond humor to reach something personal, and in that lies its greatness.
David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Tsai Ming-liang’s Stray Dogs
Watching a new work by a favorite director, the Texas filmmaker dwells on a long, suspended moment in this austere portrait of poverty.
Kat Candler (Hellion) Talks János Szász’s The Notebook
Kat Candler's been very busy with her film recently, but her husband's been needling her about not writing for Talkhouse Film, so she wrote this, OK?
David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Richard Linklater’s Boyhood
“It’s always right now,” the young protagonist of Boyhood says in the final moments of the film...
Rjyan Kidwell (Cex) Talks Robin Thicke’s Paula
By naming his seventh album Paula, Robin Thicke imbues the album with a concrete identity that is immediately understandable and irrevocable.
Screenwriter Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith (Legally Blonde) Talks Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child
Where has Jenny Slate been all my life? Turns out, for the last few years she’s been doing great, steady work as a supporting actress on shows...
James Marsh (Man on Wire) Talks Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida
A couple of times in any given year, if I am lucky, I get to see a great film – best defined as a film alive with new possibilities for the medium...








