Soundtrack to a Coup d’État is as ambitious an archival documentary as its name would suggest, examining the ways in which American bebop and swing…
Humphrey Bogart was one of the most prolific and widely admired actors of the Hollywood studio system, and though he is still known for the…
After a prologue of ghostly nightmares followed by a nerve-racking dinner with friends, Anne (Synnove Karlsen), who is on a break with her abusive partner…
“This city takes time away from you,” says one of the seven disembodied voices introducing us to the wide-awake-at-night Mumbai city in the lyrical opening…
Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn’s (L for Leisure, Two Plains & a Fancy) new film Dream Team boasts two assets not often paired together in…
ESSAYS A COLLISION OF TICKS: MIKE LEIGH’S HARD TRUTHS FEATURE BY: Milo Garner A SOCIETY SHAPED MONSTER: THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE AT 50 FEATURE…
Despite boasting one of the cringier on-the-nose titles of the year, one that on its face would seem to promise overt sentimentality, painter and installation…
During an interview with Variety about their latest venture, Heretic, the writer-director duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (who rose to prominence for penning A…
Andrea Arnold is not without talent, but she has some of the worst instincts of any allegedly major director. Take Fish Tank, for example. Not…
Imagine being seated for a program of experimental films at a prestigious film festival. The room is packed with people who are willing to watch…
Living as we all are in a post-Romantasy world, certain chain bookstores (RIP Borders) have been financially reinvigorated. This, of course, has simultaneously resulted in…
As the planet’s future grows increasingly precarious and uncertain, films exploring a post-apocalyptic landscape are certainly having their moment in the sun, particularly ones featuring…