Movies about drugs and alcohol may be a dime(bag) a dozen, but James Ponsoldt’s Smashed is so beautifully shot and…
While Head Games does feature a number of articulate and consistently intelligent talking-head interviews, it’s ultimately not a satisfying advocacy…
Woody Allen has been known to suggest that, in directing a good movie, much of the battle lies in casting….
Lisa Ohlin’s Simon and the Oaks has all the superficial elements of compelling drama but none of the interiority; it…
New releases in the 70mm are relatively rare these days, with most effects-driven movies opting for 3D or IMAX instead. So when…
Social media’s role in the would-be Iranian revolution of 2009 is by this point much hyped, but no one has…
In one of The Well-Digger’s Daughter‘s most telling scenes, 18-year-old Patricia (Astrid Bergès-Frisbey) spends several minutes on the verge of…
