As uncomfortable a viewing experience it may be, the best films from Todd Solondz slowly reveal themselves with their character intricacies and distinct touches...
Coming to Sundance with his tender character study This is Martin Bonner a few years back, director Chad Hartigan triumphantly returns with the coming-of-age co...
The greatest southern gothic tales feature richly detailed atmosphere dripping with a strong sense of location. Night of the Hunter and other classics certainly...
The leap from short-form filmmaking to feature can be rife with pitfalls. A reliance on the flashy style that was the foundation of a music video or commercial ...
Transporting us to a richly detailed Cuba, Viva tells the story of Jesus (Héctor Medina), a meek hairdresser whose clients include drag queens at a local Havana...
One of the most essential double-dips I've ever made is for Joel and Ethan Coen's phenomenal drama Inside Llewyn Davis on The Criterion Collection, which ar...
We'll likely have to wait until Cannes for Jim Jarmusch's highly-anticipated next film Paterson, but the director will have a presence at this week's Sundan...
There are few more compelling casts this year in cinema than the main quartet in Luca Guadagnino's highly-anticipated follow-up to I Am Love, A Bigger Splas...
After earning acclaim for Weekend, director Andrew Haigh followed it up with one of the best films of last year, 45 Years, which is finally now expanding. T...
After breaking out with Girlfight, which we recently named as one of the great boxing movies, Karyn Kusama's career has been a curious one, including the Ch...
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