C.J. Prince
378 articles written by C.J. Prince
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
Partway through The Grand Budapest Hotel, there’s an argument between Dmitri (Adrien Brody, looking brilliantly evil) and his deceased mother’s lawyer (Jeff Goldblum). The lawyer refuses to hand the dead woman’s fortune over to her son as the details...
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Almost Human
Writer/director Joe Begos has fashioned Almost Human, his debut feature, as a love letter to 80s horror/sci-fi schlock. The film opens with Seth (Graham Skipper) arriving at his friend Mark’s (Josh Ethier) house in a frenzy. Seth tells Mark...
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Oscar Analysis 2014: Best Actor
What started out as one of the most competitive categories of the Oscar race is looking to be the easiest one to predict. The Oscar statue is now Matthew McConaughey’s to lose, but is his performance as Ron Woodroof...
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Oscar Analysis 2014: Best Actress
The one question on everyone’s mind about Best Actress is, “Can we give this to Cate Blanchett already so we can all go home?” It’s another easy category to predict, and rightfully so. Blanchett hasn’t had a proper lead...
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Oscar Analysis 2014: Best Documentary
If there’s one thing in common between Best Foreign Film and Best Documentary, it’s that no matter what you’re gonna piss somebody off. That’s what happened this year when two popular documentaries didn’t get past the shortlist: Stories We...
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Vic + Flo Saw A Bear
If Vic + Flo Saw A Bear could be summed up in one word, that word would be "peculiar". The film opens with a young boy and his friend playing the trumpet poorly, a fact that Victoria (Pierrette Robitaille)...
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Grigris (SF Indiefest)
Director Mahamat Saleh Haroun spends no time establishing the main draw of Grigris' title character; in the opening moments we see the young, disabled dancer (played by non-professional Souleymane Démé) busting some moves on the dance floor to a...
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Oscar Analysis 2014: Best Foreign Film
Where to begin with the Foreign Language Film category? The nomination process will always annoy people: Foreign countries submit one film they consider their ‘best’ for the year, said list is whittled down to 9 films, and a small...
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Oscar Analysis 2014: Best Supporting Actor
Well we can thank the Best Supporting Actress category for giving us some sense of competition. Best Supporting Actor is one of the few categories in this race that’s set in stone. Jared Leto, who plays an AIDS-infected transgender...
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The Final Member
With so many documentaries relying on the same old bag of tricks to tell their stories (talking heads, animations or re-enactments or cutesy ways of presenting statistics just to name a few of the more prevalent ones), sometimes the...
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Overlooked Films of 2013
With 2013 all wrapped up, the beginning of 2014 will be the same as every other year. Like late August/early September, January is a dumping ground for studios. Usually the only things worth seeing this month (and for most...
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Big Bad Wolves
If you’ve heard of Big Bad Wolves, it’s could be because of Quentin Tarantino. Late last year he declared Big Bad Wolves to be the best film of 2013. It really doesn’t come as a surprise that Tarantino is...
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Ms. 45
It takes 10 minutes for Ms. 45`s title character to get raped twice within the same day. In other words, director Abel Ferrara doesn`t waste time establishing his protagonist`s horrible situation. Thana (Zoë Tamerlis Lund) is a mute seamstress...
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Way Too Indie’s Favorite Movie Scenes From 2013
2013 was filled with plenty of tremendous films, and just as many memorable moments. As a companion to our Best Films of 2013 list, we asked our staff to come up with some of their favorite moments in movies...
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5 Absolutely Insane Things About ‘The Visitor’
Drafthouse Films is doing terrific work with its re-releases of old, lost cult classics and undiscovered gems. Now another film lost in time is getting some nice exposure, with a release across Drafthouse theaters in America. With the Canadian...