Stoned and Dethroned: a review from Archives; Jesus and Mary Chain...
The Jesus and Mary Chain have once again become quite active. Last year, they debuted their first-ever full live performance of Psychocandy, the group's...
Revenge of the Mekons presents a portrait of a band whose...
I had a bit of a meta experience at the screening of Revenge of the Mekons the other night. Early in the film, the band jokes about...
Ex Machina looks past AI to examine artificial sexuality — a...
As that other sci-fi movie featuring Domhnall Gleeson and Oscar Isaac looms (ahem, Star Wars VII), there's a small sci-fi suspense film pitting the two actors together over...
Clouds of Sils Maria examines the layers of celebrity identity with...
Not since Ingmar Bergman’s Persona, has a movie unpacked identities in flux as profoundly as Clouds of Sils Maria. Whereas Bergman concerned himself with...
Film review in Film Comment: ‘The Lesson’ opens April 17 in...
"Film Comment" invited me to contribute a movie review not too long ago. They assigned me a small Bulgarian movie called The Lesson, directed by...
Baumbach continues to examine aging and identity with self-deprecating While We’re...
“The younger generation — it means retribution, you see. It comes, as if under a new banner, heralding the turn of fortune.”
—Henrik Ibsen, The...
White God takes the easy route to schlock over allegory– a...
Coupled with several striking film stills taken from the best moments of the movie (just look at the poster), the concept sounds interesting: In some alternate...
It Follows strips horror to its core — a film review
Sometimes you have to strip back the horror to make a horror movie work. It Follows does that to thrilling effect, keep gore to a...
Wild Tales doesn’t turn the other cheek — A Film Review
Wild Tales, which was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category, is a series of six stories that explores themes...
A hit and miss affair at boldest Miami International Film Fest...
Risk-taking was the name of the game at the 32nd annual Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival. Festival goers had to take many...