The Childhood of a Leader presents obscure yet potent portrait of...
The directorial feature debut by American writer/actor Brady Corbet offers an arcane psychological portrait of a little boy who grows up to become a fascist leader. The storytelling...
Under the Shadow builds tension with patience to chilling results —...
It's been a long time since a jump scare has genuinely grabbed me and left me unnerved in the pit of my guts the...
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...
Dheepan winds inner turmoil with tense intimacy — a film review
Shadows obscure life throughout Dheepan, in the drudgery of scraping a living together from nighttime street vending to cleaning out dank common areas in a French...
Suicide Squad is an exasperatingly dull sidebar to super hero genre...
There is nothing in Suicide Squad that shows any hope that an auteur filmmaker can do anything distinctive with the current cash cow of...
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words highlights the...
Though fans will likely go out of their way to see it, those familiar with Frank Zappa will probably not gain any major insight from...
Hunt for the Wilderpeople: your hunt for a smart comedy is...
While the odd couple trope has been done before, in Hunt for the Wilderpeople, actor/writer/director Taika Waititi is able to breathe new life into the genre...
Laughter turns creepy in Tickled — a film review
The internet is filled with weirdos. In Tickled, all the dangers of those weirdos that your mother or grandmother warned you about come true. In...
Presenting Princess Shaw reveals value of success in music without the...
Presenting Princess Shaw is a sweet yet frank documentary on the aspirations of an amateur YouTube star as she unwittingly is about to go viral. By focusing...
Wiener-Dog toggles between the grim and beautiful with Solondz’s uncompromising wit...
Unlike many indie filmmakers who plied their craft in the 1990s era of uncomfortable humor whose grim laughs came from looking at the darkest...