film reviews

The latest film from one of indie cinema's most vital directors is not, in fact, his film at all. And that's the problem.

One great iconic American independent writer-director discusses the latest work by another.

The writer/director shares his thoughts while watching the Hungarian filmic fable that won the Prix Un Certain Regard at Cannes last year.

The legendary animator (and sometime live-action director) becomes enmeshed in this serpentine thriller that's US-based but foreign in its mentality.

The director of a new female-driven sci-fi indie finds resonance in the second part of the futuristic trilogy based on Veronica Roth's YA novels.

A Liam Neeson fanatic goes to see the latest entry in the Great One's canon (except it's actually Sean Penn who's in this one, not Liam).

An iconoclastic indie about the son of God (but not Jesus) prompts a discussion of how filmmakers make new myths and remake old ones.

The character actor finds a personal resonance in Al Pacino's performance as an aging pop star trying to escape his schtick.

One of two filmmaking brothers discusses a movie by filmmaking brothers that riffs on another movie by filmmaking brothers.

A onetime fan of self-consciously antagonistic cinema finds much to admire and contemplate in this unconventional, Argentine-set Western.

A filmmaker with a very particular set of writing skills takes a look at the latest revenge thriller from Liam Neeson.

The actor's debut film is an affectionate documentary portrait of a little-known (but much-loved) musician, teacher and philosopher.