A young boy on a bus—this is the indelible mark left by the first three episodes of Jane Campion and Gerard Lee's miniseries Top of the Lake and it sticks less ...
Whether true or not, hearing writer/director Vincent Grashaw wrote the first draft of his debut feature Coldwater right after graduating high school in 1999 was...
Medora is an especially powerful and perceptive film, telling a story all too familiar and perhaps all too real -- this is what the shrinking middle and lower c...
Listening to William Shakespeare on the silver screen in the guise of the modern age can be jarring, as we watch people with cell phones and electricity use the...
It's intriguing to note how many buzzed-about films depicting parents who don't know how or simply can't do the job were released on the festival circuit betwee...
With Snap, directors Youssef Delara and Victor Teran's key goal seems to be thrusting their audience into uncomfortable situations. Mental health is an extremel...
The Call, from director Brad Anderson, is a mostly effective thriller despite some minor objections. Centered on a strong performance by Halle Berry as a 911 op...
One of the most dark and emotionally deafening documentaries I’ve ever witnessed, there’s no easy way to comprehend The Act of Killing’s total impact and how af...
Subtlety is a hard art to master, yet it abounds in the miraculously tender and poignant Short Term 12. Director Destin Cretton builds off of rising star Brie L...
Director Sally Potter has carved out an intriguing niche in the filmmaking world. Her previous feature, Rage, premiered on mobile phones and her breakthrough Or...
