The nexus of trite and thesis-like is where Lilian T. Mehrel’s Honeyjoon coalesces; a light, personal rumination on the shared experience of grieving, Mehrel’s easygoing…
Filmmaker Julian Schnabel returns to a familiar topic with his In the Hand of Dante… sort of. The painter-turned-acclaimed filmmaker has dedicated most of his…
The release of a full-length, stop-motion animated film is a relatively infrequent occasion, given the amount of labor and resources necessary to produce one. I…
Near the end of The Gas Station Attendant, filmmaker Karla Murthy admits that she is “stuck in a time loop” while she sifts through boxes…
Nestled in the rural midwestern town of Three Oaks, Michigan, the largest flag day parade in the nation is a surreal scene of unabashed Americana,…
Because cinema is an art form defined by duration and, thus, its unique ability to depict movement, capturing human bodies in motion has always been…
Steven Spielberg’s latest venture into science fiction is also perhaps his most extensive venture into examining the properties and powers of the cross-cut. Emily Blunt…
A moment of peculiar poignancy opens Erige Sehiri’s sensitive, if somewhat unremarkable, Promised Sky. A young girl is being bathed by three women as she…