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May 2015

May 29, 2015

Hot Girls Wanted (Bauer & Gradus, 2015)

This much talked about documentary from Sundance is now on Netflix. I reviewed it for...

May 27, 2015

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (LaMattina, 2014)

Spinney realizes the similarities between himself and Big Bird, and acknowledges the influence that the...

May 24, 2015

Film History Spotlight: Max Ophuls

Max Ophuls didn't invent the tracking shot, but he may have used it more effectively...

May 20, 2015

An Open Secret (Berg, 2014)

Billed as "The Film Hollywood Doesn't Want You to See," Amy Berg's documentary claims the...

May 19, 2015

Update: Andrew is Moving to Secular Cinephile

Andrew Spitznas announces his new movie blog, Secular Cinephile.

May 18, 2015

Where Was God? (Palmer, 2014)

We call natural disasters "Acts of God," but we struggle to square them with our...

May 14, 2015

Our Man in Tehran (Taylor and Weinstein, 2013)

The remarkable thing about Our Man in Tehran is its ability (much like Rory Kennedy's...

May 14, 2015

Misery Loves Comedy (Pollak, 2015)

The relationship between suffering and comedy is hardly an unexamined one. Think for a moment:...

May 14, 2015

Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015)

Fury Road has set a high bar for action films: fully realized world, fully fleshed...

May 13, 2015

American Sniper DVD Giveaway (Concluded)

Warner Brothers is donating $1 for each sold American Sniper DVD, up to $1 million,...

May 10, 2015

Dissenting Opinion — Avengers: Age of Ultron

The Marvel Universe: where life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and endless.

May 07, 2015

Noble (Bradley, 2014)

The problem is that Noble is so respectful of Christina Noble that its respect veers...

May 05, 2015

Mad Max: Fury Road Press Conference

Have you ever wanted to attend a press conference for a new Hollywood movie? Questions...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

Batman Begins (Nolan, 2005) — Ten Years Later

So the question becomes: how does Batman Begins hold up in a post-Avengers world?

April 29, 2015

Eat With Me (Au, 2014)

Mom moves in with gay son and they cook dumplings.

April 27, 2015

Above and Beyond: Exclusive Deleted Scene and Interview with Nancy Spielberg

1More Film Blog offers an exclusive deleted clip from the new documentary, Above and Beyond....

April 24, 2015

Homeless (Hassler, 2015)

If the quickest metric of a directorial debut is to which films it invites comparison,...

April 24, 2015

Because I Was a Painter (Cognet, 2014)

In contemplating art by concentration camp survivors, this austere yet affecting documentary offers a novel...

April 21, 2015

24 Days (Arcady, 2014)

A terrifying kidnapping for ransom raises fears about renewed anti-Semitism.

April 19, 2015

When “No” Means “Hell Yeah!”: Why I’ll Pass on Pitch Perfect 2

Pitch Perfect 2 sends some confusing--and disappointing--messages in its trailer.

April 19, 2015

In Country (Attie and O’Hara, 2014)

War reenactment…huh…yeah…what is it good for? “Possibly something,” is the reply emanating from this documentary...

April 19, 2015

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Christians may enjoy seeing a cult get exposed, but they should be wary of this...

April 12, 2015

2015 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Day 3: Outsider Art, Afghan Archeology, African Democracy, and the Black Panthers

My last day in Durham featured documentaries about artwork by institutionalized psychiatric patients, an imperiled...

April 11, 2015

2015 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Day 2: Afghan Soldiers, Evel Knievel, and an Unconventional Marriage

Today’s documentaries showed us brave filmmaking in Afghanistan, a flawed biography of a legendary American...

April 10, 2015

(Dis)honesty: The Truth About Lies (Melamede, 2015)

A famous G. K. Chesterton quote states, "Men do not differ much about what things...

April 10, 2015

2015 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Day 1: Lies, Tigers, and Mountains, Oh My!

Today’s trio of films featured a journey inside the deceiving mind, as well as adventures...

April 04, 2015

Revisiting Ben-Hur (1959) in Anticipation of a Remake

I am skeptical about remaking Ben-Hur, but revisiting William Wyler's classic reminded me that it...

March 2015

March 29, 2015

Red Army (Polsky, 2014)

This briskly paced documentary about Soviet hockey excels both as a gripping personal story and...

March 29, 2015

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her (Benson, 2013)

Eleanor Rigby's conceit—I'm tempted to say "gimmick"—is that it shows their two stories back to...

March 29, 2015

Second Chance Giveaway — Win The Battle of the Five Armies on Blu-Ray (CLOSED)

Last week we gave away a free digital copy of The Hobbit: The Battle of...

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