Seamlessly blending humour, action, social commentary, brutal flashes of violence, and old school gumshoe theatricality, Sterlin Harjo’s mystery The Lowdown comes at a tipping point in the genre. Just like …
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke delivers a once in a lifetime performance as lyricist Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater’s snappy, banter driven period piece, Blue Moon. With wide, dark eyes, a diminutive presence, …
Writer-director Sam Esmail has certainly studied the apocalyptic thriller handbook for his latest effort, Leave the World Behind, adapted from the novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam.
The low key drama Raymond & Ray is a simple, often predictable film told with plenty of unforced emotion and a handful of strong ideas.
Cut Throat City, the latest directorial effort from Wu-Tang magnate and multi-hyphenate talent RZA, is a film that knows exactly what it wants to say but never decides on how …
A playfully and creatively confounding upending of biopic conventions, writer-director Michael Almereyda’s Tesla is a keen reflection on the life of the misunderstood and historically underrated luminary it seeks to …
A quietly mournful and gently celebratory look at a boisterous, but underrated personality, Ethan Hawke’s biopic Blaze is a humane approach to creating iconography organically and empathetically.
Juliet, Naked, the latest big screen adaptation of a novel from prolific British author Nick Hornby, is one of those character studies that works better on the page than it …
After toiling thanklessly for the past fifteen years in the cinematic margins, writer-director Paul Schrader has produced a monumental work of passion, grace, and anger in the form of First …
During the Toronto International Film Festival I talked to writer and director Robert Budreau about his film Born to be Blue, which stars Ethan Hawke as Blues legend Chet Baker.
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