The story behind the making of writer/director Chloé Zhao’s second feature, The Rider, is almost as intriguing as the finished film. While doing research for her previous feature, 2015’s Songs […]
Part wish fulfillment, part self-fulfilling prophecy, part playing with your expansive action-figure collection in endless combinations, Avengers: Infinity War—the culminating chapter (well, the first of two, with Avengers 4 arriving […]
In my 20-plus years as a film critic, I’ve been very fortunate to be a part of some truly great events. But few have been more fun or more rewarding […]
Debuting on Netflix today (but also getting a limited run at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema) is Kodachrome, the latest from director Mark Raso (Copenhagen) about a record company A&R man (Jason […]
In their beautifully realized 2015 horror work, Spring, the filmmaking team of Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson somehow merged a magnificent love story along the lines of Before Sunrise with […]
Super Troopers 2 is an exceedingly silly movie, which should come as no surprise since the first film is also very silly. But what separates the two films—besides more than […]
Much has already been written about the latest from comedic actress Amy Schumer, I Feel Pretty. It’s been accused of fat shaming some of its characters and basically just portraying […]
Sometimes, a movie doesn’t have to be great to be watchable; sometimes, just having a highly likable cast of actors that I genuinely adore is enough to get me through […]
Brad Silberling is a man with many job titles. He’s been a television producer and director for quite a number of years, while occasionally dipping his toe into the world […]
Having just appeared in the darkest of dark comedies, Thoroughbreds, as well as such works as The Witch and Split, actor Anya Taylor-Joy is one of the more reliable new faces […]
After a succession of high-energy, dialogue-heavy comedies such as L’Auberge Espagnole, Russian Dolls, Chinese Puzzle, and When the Cat’s Away, writer/director Cédric Klapisch returns with something a bit more easy […]
The latest from writer/director Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher, We Need To Talk About Kevin), You Were Never Really Here is about a lot of things for such a seemingly single-minded, unspeakably brutal […]