‘Bullhead’ looks for heart in one grim bruiser of a man
I caught Bullhead (Rundskop) at a preview screening ahead of its loss to A Separation at the Oscars® last weekend. I can see how...
Colette gives us meta Keira Knightley in timely period biopic
Keira Knightley's portrayal of early 20th century French author Colette deserves special acknowledgement in the biopic of the same name. In fact, one can look...
Miss Sloane features a great actress in a terrible movie —...
I've finally seen Jessica Chastain in a terrible movie. The always great actress plays a steely but tightly wound fast-talking, pill-popping con of a...
International Online Film Critics’ Poll announces winners of 4th biannual awards
The International Online Film Critics’ Poll has announced the winners its 2013/14 survey. I was honored to have been asked to participate for the fourth...
In The Bride a theatrical drama is brought to the big...
The Bride (La Novia) is based on the famous play "Bodas de sangre" by Federico García Lorca, retold through the eyes of Spanish writer-director...
Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ presents complex, enthralling portrait of...
Only Lovers Left Alive, the long-awaited vampire drama by Jim Jarmusch, has to be one of the better date movies I've seen in a...
Family Drama and Secrets in Landline are not enough to make...
Landline is a family drama set in Manhattan in the 1990s. As the title alludes, this is a time before cell phones, so things...
Interview with Liv Corfixen and Nicolas Winding Refn on My Life...
In the new behind-the-scenes documentary about Only God Forgives, My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, we meet more than a writer/director caught up in his...
2012 prediction correct… at Box Office
Well, since I set myself up for it, I had to follow it up, and my predictions turned out right! The end of the...
Interview with director of ‘Beauty is Embarassing’ – Wayne White documentary
I just finished writing a piece about the new documentary on the artist Wayne White, Beauty is Embarrassing. I spoke to the film's director...