Don't Believe The Cover Art! The Actual Film Is Far Better
DIRECTED BY: PAUL LEDER/1976
STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 28, 2017/KINO LORBER
Sometimes you stick wi...
Art, Youth, and Protest in the Arab Spring
#42: As I Open My Eyes (2015/In Tunisian Arabic and French, with English Subtitles)
Director: Leyla Bouzid
DVD R...
Director: Vincent Perez/2017
Every once in a while, a film comes out that makes you wonder why it isn't getting a wider release. One of these films is Alone...
Director André Øvredal/2016
André Øvredal gained a small following with his film Trollhunter, and now he is back with a film that should continue to build on...
Michael Fassbender's High-End Video Game Adaptation is a Bloodless Bore
DIRECTED BY JUSTIN KURZEL/2016
When it comes to movies that are based on video games...
The Making and Unmaking of a Moral Monster
DIRECTED BY JAMES MACKENZIE/2016
Lucy is two weeks shy of graduating from her small, prestigiouos Catholic High S...
DIRECTED BY DENIS VILLENEUVE/2016
Is the new science fiction blockbuster Arrival an overly gloomy look at things to come? Or is it a note of hope amid a despe...
DIRECTED BY KLEBER MENDONCA FILHO/PORTUGUESE/2016
Kleber Mendonca Filho's 2012 debut feature Neighboring Sounds—one of the best movies of its year--was a...
Beatles Songs Don't Let Me Down; Overwrought Plot Does
#35: Across the Universe (2007)
Director: Julie Taymor
It was such an ambitious project, this movi...
