I’ll give actor Dan Stevens credit: after leaving the comfort of “Downton Abbey,” he’s done everything in his power to not only shake the image of simply being the safe, […]
Imagine if the couple in Once had ended up together, gotten married, and after about 10 years together, the spark that brought them together was in danger of going out. […]
This is a film about escalation, about small moments becoming larger ones, about pleasant conversation becoming hostile, and in a not insignificant way, it’s about the powerless overtaking the powerful, […]
Writer-director Brett Haley (along with his co-writer Marc Basch) make gentle films about a tough subject that a great many films are afraid to tackle—getting older. Their previous collaboration, I’ll […]
More than one person has suggested that critics has their knives sharpened in anticipation of the recent release of the Baywatch movie, and while I’ve seen absolutely no proof of […]
Beginning with 2009’s Notorious (about The Notorious B.I.G.) and continuing in 2015’s Straight Outta Compton (a biopic about N.W.A), the movie world has slowly been building a unusual type of […]
I liked every documentary I’ve ever seen directed by Steve James, from his epic-length, groundbreaking Hoop Dreams to his recent Roger Ebert biography, Life Itself. But not even in his […]
Wicker Park may be continuing its inevitable path towards total gentrification, but some residents are trying their very best to keep eccentricity alive in the neighborhood. The latest example of […]
When it premiered in 2013, Orange is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan was interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air about the series based on Piper Kerman’s memoir of serving time in […]
In one of the odder but still quite satisfying films you’re likely to see this year, Family Life comes courtesy of high-profile Chilean directors Cristián Jiménez and Alicia Scherson, who […]
For reasons I’m not sure I can explain, I felt the need to resist this film at first, because on the surface it felt like it was using cheap sentimentality […]
You may want to prepare yourself and get a blanket and freshly baked baguette ready. Summer is here and along with it, a bunch of free screenings of your favorite movies […]