Comparing a director’s latest film to his or her previous effort is almost always unwise, or at least, a bit foolish. When both films are extraordinary achievem...
Survival at all costs. That’s the theme–or, more precisely, a theme–of Steve McQueen’s timely, tremendously entertaining Widows. This is precision entertainment...
Nicole Kidman is relentless in the fascinating, ambitiously pitch-black, often off-putting police drama Destroyer. Karyn Kusama’s follow-up to the slow-burn hor...
The boys and their father are slumped in the back of a dying pickup truck. Minutes earlier, dad lost his job, in part because he brought the boys with him to hi...
Somehow, it is now late summer 2018. While the release of films like Solo: A Star Wars Story and Avengers: Infinity War seems long ago, they are represented in this latest rundown of books connected to the world cinema. But there is plenty else, including a classic from Paul Schrader, a juicy look at the Sumner Redstone empire, and a must-buy for fans of Clint Eastwood....
One of a myriad quasi-thrillers set overseas, featuring a bankable star, and centered on the convergence of commerce and crime, Siberia is an oddity. These drop...
Welcome to almost-summer! That means it’s time to think summer reading. Fans of cinema will find plenty of recent gems to read here, along with some bonus novels, a visual feast for Beatles junkies, and a Blu-ray release of one of David Lynch’s most fascinatingly divisive films....
When the seemingly interminable (ahem) Terminal draws to close, it is hard to fight the feeling that there might not be a bigger cinematic misstep this year. An...
Our latest deep-dive into recent books on cinema is heavy on 2017 follow-ups. But there’s also a unique look at late Godard, a romp through holiday horror, and a visually inventive stroll through 101 memorable movies. ...
The trailer for Basmati Blues fell perilously from the sky in November 2017, dropping like a radioactive sludge onto Twitter and beyond. What was this dated ana...
Christopher Schobert is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic who has written for numerous outlets worldwide and covered film festivals in Toronto, New York, and London. Currently, he writes reviews and features for The Film Stage, writes a monthly cinema column for Buffalo Spree magazine, and discusses film as a regular guest on the Shredd and Ragan radio show on Buffalo’s 97 Rock.
