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- Movie | March 11, 2016
Hello, My Name Is Doris
A late-bloomer romance with tremendous comedic and emotional range.
- Interview | March 11, 2016
Sally Field and Michael Showalter Talk ‘Hello, My Name Is Doris,’ Gender Inequity in Show Business
It’s been some time since Michael Showalter‘s Hello, My Name Is Doris premiered at SXSW 2015, where the film’s seasoned star, Sally Field, made waves with an outstanding performance as the titular, socially invisible cat-lady, who we follow as she...
- Movie | March 10, 2016
10 Cloverfield Lane
Follows not one of its predecessor's footsteps, to great success. A high-intensity, streamlined, claustrophobic thriller.
- Interview | March 9, 2016
Friendship Comes First In Genre Gem ‘They Look Like People’
Love and nightmares reign in this genre gem.
- Movie | February 27, 2016
Eddie The Eagle
A rare sports movie in that it has fun and doesn't take its subject too seriously.
- Movie | February 26, 2016
Triple 9
Blistering urban action and a game, A-list cast are weighed down by a dizzying, intrusive plot.
- Interview | February 26, 2016
Hugh Jackman, Taron Egerton and Dexter Fletcher Talk ‘Eddie The Eagle’
“What the hell am I doing here?” I thought. Standing next to me by the Oakland Technical High School football field was Hugh “Wolverine” Jackman, leather jacket and all; next to him, his Eddie The Eagle co-star Taron Egerton and the...
- Interview | February 26, 2016
Aaron Paul Talks ‘Triple 9,’ Brotherly Bond With Norman Reedus
Perhaps for the entirety of his career, Aaron Paul will be tied to the iconic role of Breaking Bad‘s burnout-turned-meth-hero Jesse Pinkman. It’s something he’s thankful for: “I’m very blessed to have played an iconic character,” he says graciously. Since...
- Interview | February 25, 2016
John Hillcoat Talks ‘Triple 9,’ Real-Life Violence Informing Onscreen Violence
A genre adventurer of sorts, filmmaker John Hillcoat has made a western (The Proposition), a post-apocalyptic drama (The Road) and a period gangster movie (Lawless) in his career thus far. Now, with Triple 9, he tackles the crime thriller genre,...
- Movie | February 19, 2016
Touched With Fire
A cute but redundantly lyrical sanitarium romance.
- Movie | February 19, 2016
The Witch
Almost sexual in its slow build to climax, Eggers' period piece carefully illuminates the horrors of domestic mistrust and misogyny.
- Interview | February 19, 2016
Tobias Lindholm Talks ‘A War,’ The Pursuit of Human Truth In Storytelling
Out in theaters today is Danish director Tobias Lindholm’s (A Hijacking) latest film, A War, a humanistic exploration of the personal and psychological struggles of soldiers. Set in Denmark and Afghanistan, the film stars Pilou Asbæk as a company commander accused...
- Interview | February 18, 2016
Robert Eggers on ‘The Witch,’ What Makes the 17th Century Scary
Atmospheric, well-acted and directed, and full of disturbing imagery you won't be able to shake, 'The Witch' is one horror fans shouldn't miss.
- Movie | February 17, 2016
Embrace of the Serpent
A visually sumptuous, frightening meditation on colonialism's violent stamping-out of indigenous culture.
- Movie | February 12, 2016
Zoolander 2
Derek returns to the runway, trips and falls flat on his face...and no one's laughing.