In 1985, actor and rising star Mark Patton was given the opportunity of a lifetime, and it’s one that he has spent most of his looking back with equal parts …
Canadian documentarian Larry Weinstein’s latest effort, Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies, won’t be all that eye opening to anyone well versed in media studies or those who pay close …
I’m not quite sure what to make of the oddball, bloody, deadpan black comedy The Art of Self-Defense, but I’m positive that it’s the kind of film that’s going to …
Sword of Trust, the latest film from indie movie veteran Lynn Shelton, takes a lot of metaphorical comedic cues from its titular object, and not in the most complementary of …
Roads in February, the quietly stunning and impressive debut feature from Canadian filmmaker Katherine Jerkovic, is one of those rare films that can tell volumes worth of story without saying …
Writer-director Lulu Wang’s autobiographical family drama The Farewell is the rare kind of overwhelmingly honest, carefully observed, and unabashedly emotional filmmaking that words simply can’t do justice because the feelings …
An interview with documentary filmmaker Fredrik Gertten and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, Leilani Farha, about their film Push, a scathing, but humane look at the …
The shockingly boring killer reptile movie Crawl (which wasn’t screened in advance of its opening for critics) has a low bar to clear if it wants to be a bloody, …
Point Blank is the kind of unabashed throwback action picture that will work best at the end of a long day with a six pack of beer and an extra …
Director Jon Favreau’s “live action” remake of Disney’s dearly beloved animated classic The Lion King is both a hard and easy film to review, but a good one nonetheless.