C.J. Prince
378 articles written by C.J. Prince
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How the Extended Cut of Margaret restores its scope and ambition
How Kenneth Lonergan's extended version of Margaret restores the film's scope and ambition. While Margaret’s status as a masterpiece may be up for debate, the 186-minute version definitely feels closer to earning that status than the contractually-obligated one.
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The Imposter
Bart Layton’s The Imposter relates a story that’s so bizarre it would be impossible to believe it was true. Of course, truth is stranger than fiction and The Imposter seems to reinforce that old saying. Using a hyper stylized...
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Watch: Leviathan Trailer
Leviathan is a new film by directors Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor. Paravel was the co-director on the 2010 documentary Foreign Parts while Castaing-Taylor co-directed the well-received 2009 documentary Sweetgrass. The first trailer for Leviathan has come online and,...
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Children
Over the last decade, South Korean cinema has seen a sudden boom in quality. Their film industry has been churning out adult-oriented movies that combine a gorgeous, modern style with a more classical approach to storytelling. It’s a formula...
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Natural Selection
Robbie Pickering’s Natural Selection, which swept the SXSW film festival last year, is an assured debut feature for the most part. The story and odd couple pairing of its two leads might make the movie come off as a...
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Watch: Neighboring Sounds trailer
Neighboring Sounds, which had its U.S. premiere in the New Directors/New Films program earlier this year, has slowly been building buzz over the last several months. After immediately getting its U.S. rights snatched up by The Cinema Guild. According...
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Code Blue
When Code Blue premiered at Cannes last year, a warning was posted outside the theatre saying the film might “hurt audience feelings.” The Cannes audiences always love a good provocation, and based on the reports coming out of the...
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This Is Not A Film
By now all of the information surrounding This is Not a Film has been regurgitated in every review or article about it, but it’s necessary to know the context before watching it. Jafar Panahi, the Iranian director of...
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The Woman in the Fifth
Pawel Pawlikowski returns after an eight-year hiatus with The Woman in the Fifth, a thriller that moves at a snail-like pace despite its 80 minute runtime. While its two strong lead performances help anchor the film, the storyline ranges...
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Michael
Markus Schleinzer deals with a topic that few others would touch with a ten foot pole in Michael, a film that’s caused a stir since its premiere at Cannes last year. Using the same clinical style that’s found in...
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Way Too Indie’s Three Reasons: Films That Deserve the Criterion Treatment
The Criterion Collection is home to hundreds of classic, obscure, foreign and independent films that come with the best possible picture and audio quality along with plenty of excellent special features. Their selection ranges from old Hitchcock classics like...
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The Pact
After getting a warm reception at Sundance in 2011 with his short film of the same title, Nicholas McCarthy was able to get funding for a feature-length expansion of his short. One year later McCarthy came back to Sundance...
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The Road
Location-based horror is the name of the game for Yam Laranas’ new feature The Road, the first ever Filipino film to get a commercial U.S. release in theatres (a fact that’s more sad than shocking). Laranas, who is probably...
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Las Acacias
Las Acacias, which won the award for best first feature at Cannes in 2011, shows how powerful simplicity can be in a film. Director Pablo Giorgelli takes what sounds like a mawkish premise and strips away any sentimentality or...
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Polisse
Polisse, which won the Jury Prize at Cannes last year, is a very hectic film. Subplots come and go at an alarmingly fast rate, the main cast comprises of almost a dozen characters with each one being focused on...