film commentary

Is Roman Polanski the greatest living filmmaker? On any given day, the argument could be made and effortlessly backed up. Polanski is as good...

Code Black, Ryan McGarry's documentary about doctors in training at Los Angeles County Hospital, and my film Approaching the Elephant...

Were it not for its boyish, entrepreneurial spirit, Silicon Valley might be too depressing to bear.

Set on the night of the passing of Miller's Comet, Coherence is about a dinner party for a group of eight friends...

One of the great paradoxes – and ironies – of cinema is that, despite the fact that the medium is built around...

Watching Joanna Hogg's new film, Exhibition, I was reminded of the pioneering landscape work of the artist Robert Irwin...

7:59 a.m. (All times are approximate.) (Soon-to-be-ex-) girlfriend’s place. Every day is like every other day, except for the ones that aren’t...

A Generational Dispute Erupts Between Troma President Lloyd Kaufman and Troma Student Enterprise Observer Jaime Meyers...

I’ve been obsessing a bit over the fact that David Michôd’s new film, The Rover, takes place in the future. “10 Years After the Collapse”...

I am, almost on principle, not interested in sequels. That wasn’t always the case, of course. When I was a teenager, I would dutifully go...

X-Men: Days of Future Past has been out for less than three weeks and has already made over $600 million worldwide...

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...