film reviews

A documentary portrait of a man commonly known as a “sexploitation film director” whose films transcended their smutty, low-budget origins.

The latest film from Wingard and his creative collaborator Simon Barrett harkens back to '80s genre cinema, but don't just write it off as pastiche.

Yes, her real name is Penny Lane and yes, she likes this movie for many reasons (but, no it doesn't mean she likes Ayn fucking Rand).

Watching a new work by a favorite director, the Texas filmmaker dwells on a long, suspended moment in this austere portrait of poverty.

What happens when an affable, movie-loving filmmaker tries to go watch a new movie for Talkhouse Film but instead is pushed to the brink?

Cut together from two different movies, this tale of a doomed marriage struggles to tell a consistent story (or deliver on its mysterious title).

The fear of the unknown is the most primal terror of them all, and a young writer-director brilliantly exploits this in her feature debut.

This elegiac portrait of the Southern city excels by being quietly, unobtrusively observational rather than wanting to be part of the action.

Made almost 40 years after the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam, this documentary underlines why we must not forget the lessons of that war.

Can musicians successfully make the leap to film? The promising debut feature from Belle and Sebastian's lead singer makes the case that they can.

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

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?