Alive InsideBy Michael Nazarewycz If you listen to enough random music on the radio or the internet, you are likely to hear a song you haven’t heard in a long time. The opening...
Rich HillBy C.J. Prince “We’re not trash. We’re good people.” These are some of the first words we hear in Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo’s Rich Hill. The film, a Grand...
Guardians of the GalaxyBy Bernard Boo Most people–hell, most comic book readers–have little to no knowledge of the Guardians of the Galaxy, a team of misfit, cosmic Marvel superheroes introduced in print in 1969. James...
A Five Star LifeBy Pavi Ramani I don’t subscribe to the notion that a film must have a destination – that it must arrive at a conclusion – but I do believe that some form...
Child of GodBy Dustin Jansick James Franco continues his efforts of adapting classic literature into films, first with William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and now Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God. This is not...
Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine StoryBy Bernard Boo First-time filmmaker Michael Lee Nirenberg interviews his father, Bill Nirenberg, in his new documentary, but fuzzy sentimentality and paternal adoration plays little to no part in their on-camera conversation....
Magic in the MoonlightBy Bernard Boo Woody Allen returns to his touristic tendencies in Magic in the Moonlight a film set in the gorgeous natural surroundings of the south of France circa 1928. This is a decidedly light...
LucyBy Bernard Boo In a film like Lucy, Luc Besson’s new existential action flick starring Scarlett Johansson, the stakes are everything. High stakes, forged through effective storytelling, can imbue even the sleepiest action...
A Master BuilderBy C.J. Prince At the start of A Master Builder, successful architect Halvard Solness (Wallace Shawn) is on his death bed. He looks weak, until a conversation with fellow architect Knut (André...
A Most Wanted ManBy Nik Grozdanovic A grey cloud follows every film featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman ever since his untimely death earlier this year (read our Favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman moments). Posthumously released films are...
West EndBy C.J. Prince The mob drama may be played out, but that doesn’t stop writer/director Joe Basile from taking a crack at the all too familiar genre. West End takes place in...
PrematureBy Ananda Dillon If comedic Hollywood has anything to say about it, sex, and its pursuit, is pretty much all the average teenager has going on in life. What’s unfortunate for all...
CinemanovelsBy C.J. Prince In the world of Cinemanovels, the name John Laurentian stands next to famous directors like Bergman and Antonioni. When the film opens the fictional Quebecois filmmaker is dead, and...
Mood IndigoBy Dustin Jansick No filmmaker could pull off adapting Boris Vian’s “unfilmable” novel better than the inventive Michel Gondry. Before the opening titles finish Gondry demonstrates his trademark whimsy and wacky production...
