Much like the origin of forty-two as Douglas Adams’ “Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything” being nothing more than a joke—an or...
From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
It isn't known which of the ancient Scot...
Opening a film with ending of a story is a daring move that requires much confidence on the filmmaker’s part. Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard is the rare animal...
Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell is an exquisite, elegant rebuke to the standards that define so many of our most popular filmic narratives: three-act structures ...
After a longtime career as acting coach for the likes of Jet Li, Harold Guskin heads behind the camera for his directorial debut Down the Shore with the help of...
Directing his first film since 2005’s Down in the Valley, David Jacobson finds himself in very similar tonal territory with Tomorrow You’re Gone. Written by Mat...
The saying goes as follows: "behind every great man stands a great woman". No words are truer said for renowned sculptor/designer Isamu Noguchi if Hisako Matsui...
Note: The trailer for Trance, I think, does a good job of representing the film without revealing significant plot specifics. I have tried to stick to that agen...
Tyler Perry is back in full force as a cinematic wonder, pulling off things that quite simply shouldn’t work. Creating an inherently theatrical work that requir...
16 years ago writer-director Andrew Niccol crafted one of the most well thought-out, dramatic, and moving science-fiction universes with his cult classic, Gatta...
