Dustin Jansick
660 articles written by Dustin Jansick
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In Your Eyes
I’m not going to lie, the primary reason In Your Eyes caught my attention is that Joss Whedon wrote and produced the film. And I’m guessing I’m not alone. Whedon began earning fans many years ago with his high-concept...
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The Grand Budapest Hotel releases on Blu-ray & DVD June 17th
Wes Anderson’s highest-grossing film to date, The Grand Budapest Hotel, has been officially announced for a Blu-ray & DVD street date of June 17th. The film not only pleased moviegoers, but critics were also enamored with Anderson’s film ever...
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Trailer: Boyhood
Richard Linklater created a coming of age story unlike anything ever done before by remarkably filming the same cast for 12 years in an ambitious project entitled Boyhood. Linklater began filming a six-year-old boy named Mason (played by Ellar...
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Blue Ruin
Blue Ruin‘s originality doesn’t lie within the story, revenge thrillers are a dime a dozen, it’s the moody presentation and powerful lead performance that sets it apart. This dark indie thriller pulls off the difficult combination of bone-chilling terror...
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Trailer: The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
A trailer for Brian Knappenberger’s fascinating documentary The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz is now available for consumption. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival with a warm reception, then it played at SXSW (where...
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Ilo Ilo
Singapore born director Anthony Chen makes an impressive feature debut with Ilo Ilo, which not only received the Camera d’Or award at Cannes, but it was also Singapore’s official Foreign Language submission to the Oscars. Set during the late-90s...
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Life Itself
I will never forget the day Roger Ebert passed away. As a film critic, I was left with a feeling of dreadful hopelessness as one of the most prominent film critics of all time was no longer with us....
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Hateship Loveship
2013 was the year for Saturday Night Live alums to break out of their comedic roles to star in smaller indie dramas. First there was Will Forte who set aside his MacGruber impersonations for a more serious father and...
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Trailer: Ping Pong Summer
Bust out your boombox and neon colored clothing. A new trailer for the 80s inspired film Ping Pong Summer has arrived. Set in the summer of 1985, an awkward teenage boy goes on a family vacation to the beach...
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Hot Docs 2014: Love Me and Don’t Leave Me
Love Me The documentary begins and ends with the same question, what is love? Director Jonathon Narducci attempts to answer that question by following around several men who are desperately searching for love. These men come from various backgrounds...
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Trailer: The Rover
The first trailer for David Michod’s The Rover arrived shortly after the announcement yesterday that the film will be playing at the Cannes Film Festival as part of its Midnight Screenings program. The Rover, Michold’s follow-up to his critically...
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Cannes 2014 Lineup Announced
The anticipation was killing us all week but finally it’s here, the official lineup for the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Grace Of Monaco (which stars Nicole Kidman) had previously been announced as the opening film of the festival. At...
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First Clip for ‘Gabriel’ Starring Rory Culkin
Lou Howe’s Gabriel will be making its world premiere at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival this week. The film stars Rory Culkin as a troubled man who is determined to reunite with his first love, risking everything in the...
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Official Poster for Cannes 2014 Unveiled
The official poster of the 67th Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled. The suave looking man in the dark shades in the photograph is Marcello Mastroianni from Federico Fellini’s film 8 ½, which played at the festival back in...
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Trailer: Venus In Fur
Roman Polanski adapts a Tony Award-winning play about an actress (Emmanuelle Seigner) who erotically woos over a director (Mathieu Amalric) for a lead role in his new play. Venus In Fur made its debut In Competition at Cannes last...