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[Review] The Call

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...

[SXSW Review] The Act of Killing

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...

[SXSW Review] Short Term 12

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...

[Review] Ginger & Rosa

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...

[Review] The Monk

Not much will go right for Ambrosio (Vincent Cassel) over the course of The Monk, Dominik Moll's brooding adaptation of Matthew Lewis's heralded 1796 novel, whi...

[SXSW Review] Unhung Hero

Taking on a challenging subject useful to all men, gay or straight, Unhung Hero asks, 'how do we measure up?' In fact, there is an app for it, The Chubby Checke...

[Review] The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

In 2006, movie goers experienced a fantastic double whammy when two similar magician films, Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige and Neil Burger’s The Illusionist, ...

[SXSW Review] Cheap Thrills

Every now and then a film completely sideswipes your mental capacities and takes over. Since seeing Cheap Thrills at a midnight screening on Tuesday night at SX...

[SXSW Review] Drinking Buddies

The themes one deals with in a film can sometimes be better than the film itself, and this notion carries true for Drinking Buddies, the newest film from Joe Sw...

[Review] Emperor

Handsomely lensed and well acted, Emperor, from director Peter Webber (Girl with the Pearl Earring), embraces classical Hollywood sensibilities, almost to the p...