Celeste and Jesse ForeverBy Dustin Jansick It is a fact of life that doing the right thing is rarely the easiest. This is a hard concept to recognize but an even harder one to actually...
King KellyBy Dustin Jansick “Found footage” has now cemented itself has a sub-genre of horror, thanks to The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, and the millions of dollars similar films to them rank...
Dog DaysBy Dustin Jansick If there is one thing Ulrich Seidl is the master of, it is getting a reaction out of his audience. Whether or not it is a positive one is...
I Am Not a HipsterBy Dustin Jansick Director Destin Cretton won the Short Filmmaking Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival for his short film, Short Term 12. He returns to Sundance in 2012, this time...
Faith in DestinyBy Amy Priest James Choi’s Faith in Destiny looked to be an interesting and complex film about a man struggling with the misfortune and temptations life throws at him; instead this beautifully...
Burn After ReadingBy Amy Priest When you first watch this story of trickery and deceit, you may perceive it quite differently as you would following a second viewing. After seeing Burn After Reading for...
The SessionsBy Dustin Jansick Ben Lewin’s The Sessions collected attention at various film festivals throughout the year, under the film’s original name of The Surrogate. Because the film is based on a true...
GaybyBy Dustin Jansick A lot of sitcoms start with the same premise as Jonathan Lisecki’s Gayby, biological alarm clocks go off and suddenly everyone is infected with baby fever. This lightweight indie...
Berberian Sound StudioBy Blake Ginithan Isolation is the name of the game in Peter Strickland’s new thriller Berberian Sound Studio. The film concerns itself with a British man Gilderoy, played perfectly by Toby Jones,...
Cloud AtlasBy Dustin Jansick Cloud Atlas is a big film by all definitions; it contains an inordinate amount of characters spread out across hundreds of years, making the shear scope of the production...
Girl ModelBy Dustin Jansick Nowadays Toddlers & Tiaras and the like are mega successful TV shows that glamorize rather than exploit the modeling world, so it seems like great timing for a documentary...
AmourBy Dustin Jansick After Michael Haneke’s Amour was awarded the prestigious Palme D’or (the highest prize awarded and his second career win) at Cannes Film Festival this year it was instantly considered...
Django UnchainedBy C.J. Prince Quentin Tarantino continues his new fascination of blending period pieces with grindhouse revenge films in Django Unchained, a movie that fans of Inglourious Basterds will surely enjoy. The setting...
NirvanaBy Amy Priest Based on the poem “Nirvana” by Charles Bukowski this indie directed by Patrick Biesemans captures each feeling and sentiment from every line of the poem. The beautiful visuals and...
