The Smashing Machine is a smartly made movie that doesn’t attempt to intellectualize a sport where people pummel each other for money. Instead of looking at melodramatic moral breakdowns, devastating …
Benny Safdie
While the sophomoric comedy Billy Madison first introduced moviegoers to the unique, at times divisive leading man stylings of former Saturday Night Live cast member Adam Sandler, it was his …
It’s a small miracle that a big screen adaptation of Judy Blume’s seminal young adult bestseller Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. even exists. It’s an even more remarkable …
Stars at Noon, the latest English language effort from esteemed French filmmaker Claire Denis, is puzzling and curious, but not in ways expected by those familiar with her work.
Not since Austrian auteur Michael Haneke made the resolutely dour and incendiary Funny Games (twice) has there been a film as cheekily mislabelled as Josh and Benny Safdie’s relentless thriller …