film reviews

I had a rather funny Kelly Reichardt experience at the time of Meek’s Cutoff’s screening at Sundance 2011. I had just arrived at the filmmaker

I argued with my boyfriend about Maleficent and my feelings about it all weekend. The best way I found of expressing my take on it is this...

I’m a predictable person. Last April, I saw an unsubtitled trailer for a film called Borgman and even though I didn’t understand...

In spring 2005, after learning that Lukas Moodysson’s new film, A Hole in My Heart, was opening only on one screen in NYC...

What is the point of a vaguely “extreme” British crime and corrupt cops import if not to inspire the awe...

Seth MacFarlane is funny. He's also good-looking (I mean, the guy can wear a tuxedo). He's got a great speaking voice and he can sing as well.

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to make a film following the opium trade from seed to drug addict.

William Friedkin's Sorcerer, a film that for almost 40 years has been criminally underrated, underseen, and underappreciated...

As editor of the website Hammer to Nail, I’ve been concerned for many years with the gazillion-dollar question...

Alejandro Jodorowsky makes odyssey pictures – people remember a Jodorowsky trip. It's like an involuntary timestamp...

Watching Sam Fleischner's Stand Clear of the Closing Doors reminded me of why I think Michelangelo is full of shit.

If there’s one thing this new age of movie blockbusters have spawned, it is an increasing trust studios have taken...