2 Days in New YorkBy Brett Riss Romantic comedies. Who do they think they are? They come in here with their big name stars and their shitty contrived plots and make our wives and girlfriends swoon....
V/H/SBy C.J. Prince V/H/S feels like a natural conclusion to the found footage subgenre that’s become increasingly popular since Paranormal Activity’s success. While Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project focused on...
The Tall ManBy C.J. Prince Pascal Laugier arrived on the horror scene in the same way an 18-wheeler ‘arrives’ through a brick wall when he released Martyrs in 2008. Part of the French new...
Ai Weiwei: Never SorryBy Dustin Jansick Arguably one of China’s most famous artists of today is Ai Weiwei, who is not only known for his craft of being an artist but also a political activist...
ComplianceBy Dustin Jansick Based off true life events is Craig Zobel’s Compliance, a controversial yet captivating look at how people fail to know their own basic rights and how gullible people are...
HermanoBy Blake Ginithan Hermano tells the story of two young men, Julio and Daniel, who are raised as brothers and have the unfortunate task of growing up in the very dangerous slums...
Pink Ribbons, Inc.By C.J. Prince The breast cancer “culture” is the subject of Léa Pool’s scathing documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc. The doc rips apart any feelings of positivity one might have towards the big...
Neighboring SoundsBy C.J. Prince The neighborhood watch has probably never felt as unsafe as it does in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Neighboring Sounds. The Brazilian drama, which snatched up a FIPRESCI prize at Rotterdam,...
DetentionBy C.J. Prince Joseph Kahn, who is well-known as the director of Torque, comes back to filmmaking after seven years with Detention. If anything, Detention could be seen as a second chance...
The IncidentBy Blake Ginithan After finally seeing the film recently, I’m actually kind of glad I didn’t stick to my itinerary. That’s not to saying the film isn’t worth watching, I’m recommending the...
Beasts of the Southern WildBy Dustin Jansick Beasts of the Southern Wild is a poetic fairy tale told through the point of view of a child’s imagination who has unflinching determination to find her place in...
The AmbassadorBy Dustin Jansick Before Sacha Baron Cohen got into character for his recent comedy, The Dictator, comes an investigative journalism documentary about a man who becomes an ambassador to uncover the blood...
Lovely MollyBy C.J. Prince The horror genre ends up rearing its ugly head in Eduardo Sanchez’s Lovely Molly. Starting out as a psychological thriller heavily inspired by Roman Polanski’s Repulsion, its subject matter...
FootnoteBy Brett Riss Footnote is a film that requires a few days to digest whether it is a great film, or just a good film. As I watched the credits roll, I...
