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Sequels and Remakes That Prove Things Were Better When We Were Kids
Maybe our age is showing, but more and more we find ourselves remarking about how good things were “back in the day.” Especially when it comes to the many knock-offs, sequels, and remakes constantly pouring out of Hollywood. Since the...
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Palo Alto
Gia Coppola’s Palo Alto wades through the malaise of modern teen life as well as any movie has in years, reminding us of how dirty and distressing high school life can truly be. Based on a book of short stories by James...
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Alive Inside
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 strains or rousing chorus of a tune that moved you...
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Mysterious Jigsaw Puzzles Inspired Steve Mims’ New Indie, ‘Arlo and Julie’
Playing at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival tomorrow night at the California Theater in Berkeley, Austin-based filmmaker Steve Mims’ Arlo & Julie is a quirky indie comedy about the titular couple, who begin receiving mysterious jigsaw puzzle pieces in the mail....
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Rich Hill
“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 Jury Prize winner at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, focuses...
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Guardians of the Galaxy
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 Gunn, the director of Marvel Studios’ film adaptation of the...
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James Franco On Shocking But Not Repelling The Audience In ‘Child of God’
Entering a stage of his career where he wields more freedom to pursue his interests than ever before, James Franco shows no hesitation in tackling challenging material. In just the last year he’s served a writer, director or both...
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A Five Star Life
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 of progress is necessary. Leaving a film with its characters...
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Fantasia 2014: The Drownsman
The Drownsman stars Michelle Mylett as Madison, a young woman we know absolutely nothing about. Madison’s best friend Hannah (Caroline Korycki) just got engaged, and after accepting Hannah’s request to be maid of honour, Madison nearly drowns in an...
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Tribeca Film Festival doc ‘Art and Craft’ Now Has Trailer & Poster
Art and Craft may not sound compelling at first glance, a documentary about one registrar’s relentless pursuit of an art forger; however, in learning about Mark Landis, a diagnosed schizophrenic and one of the world’s most prolific art forgers,...
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Get Your Dream Project on the Go with Dogfish Accelerator
Right now is the best time ever to be a content creator. The media outlets available to artists with bright ideas are nearly endless, with film, comic books, television, online video, video games, and many more corners of the entertainment sphere all acting...
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Child of God
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 a surprising choice considering Franco has a PhD in English...
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The End to a Franchise – New Hobbit Trailer
Tidbits from Comic-Con are likely to start popping up all week, letting the rest of the world in on what a lucky few got access to early. One such tidbit is the newly released trailer for The Hobbit: The...
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TIFF 2014 Adds New Films From Roy Andersson, Takashi Miike, Sion Sono, & More To Lineup
Still parsing through the lineup of 59 films announced by the Toronto International Film Festival last week? Well TIFF was just getting started. Today the festival revealed films set to play in several programmes. Read on to learn what...
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