A Thousand Acres Doesn't Have a Story That's Worthy of Its Lead Performances.
DIRECTED BY JOCELYN MOORHOUSE /1997
STREET DATE: AUGUST 28, 2018/KINO LORBER S...
The Cinema Auteur of India Rewards Discovery
The word “humanist” gets thrown around a lot in cinema discourse. Used to describe filmmakers with compassionate w...
No Escape From the Ordinary
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL NOER /2018
Papillion is a remake the movie of the same name from 1973, which in turn was based on the memoir...
An Even-Handed Examination of an Incendiary Issue
DIRECTED BY MEGUMI SASAKI / 2018
The Cove is a documentary from 2009 detailing the efforts of activists to...
There’s Always a Bigger Fish.
DIRECTED BY JOHN TURTELTAUB / 2018
You can’t escape it. It’s always lurking in the shadowy depths, slowly circling, waiting fo...
Our Summer with Ingmar, at 100
Confession: I had intended to write a long piece this July observing the 100th anniversary of the birth of Swedish film dire...
220 Stories, and Skyscraper Settles for the Stupidest One.
DIRECTED BY RAWSON MARSHALL THURBER / 2018
Skyscraper gives you a lot of movie for your money...
A Disengaged Nick Cage Stars in this Lame Top Gun Knock-Off.
DIRECTED BY DAVID GREEN / 1990
BLU-RAY STREET DATE JULY 10, 2018/KINO LORBER STUDIO CLASSICS
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Kyrie Irving joins Lil Rel Howery for Tired Basketball Comedy
DIRECTED BY CHARLES STONE III / 2018
Uncle Drew is not as bad as you might expect a 5-minute s...
As Controversial as he is Celebrated, the Spanish Auteur Continues to Live up to his Reputation
One of my favorite facts about Pedro Almodóvar, aside from his ...
Jeff is an avid film fan who has been captivated by the images projected onto the big screen ever since he was a small child. His other interests include comic books (both reading them and writing/drawing them), wine, and photography. He lives in St. Louis with his wife and teenage son.
