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June 2015

June 25, 2015

Munich (Spielberg, 2005) — Ten Years Later

When something deals with religious identity or terrorism or any of the most serious questions...

June 17, 2015

The Definitive Ranking of Every Robert Bresson Film Ever!

This guy ranked every Robert Bresson film ever! What he put at #6 will blow...

June 11, 2015

Jurassic World (Trevorrow, 2015)

Jurassic World (★★) is not a bad movie, but it is such a contentedly, non-aspirationally...

June 09, 2015

The Lesson (Grozeva and Valchanov, 2014)

Seemingly harmless misdemeanors affect entire communities.

June 04, 2015

Spy (Feig, 2015)

Here’s the twist: Spy was funny.

June 04, 2015

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris With Love (Fair, 2015)

From Paris With Love is not going to make Signed, Sealed, Delivered the next breakout...

May 2015

May 31, 2015

Belle and Sebastian (Vanier, 2013)

Evan Cogswell gives 4/5 stars to Belle and Sebastian: "Great Pyrenees are beautiful dogs, and...

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 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 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 07, 2015

Noble (Bradley, 2014)

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

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 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

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 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...

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 22, 2015

Do You Believe? (Gunn, 2015)

While lacking the full-court press anti-intellectualism of its predecessor, this new movie from the makers...

March 19, 2015

SXSW 2015 — GTFO: Get the F&#% Out

For women who refuse to sit on the sidelines and let men decide what jobs...

March 15, 2015

Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2014)

"Nightcrawler" is a solid piece of film craftsmanship and a decent challenge to the “if...

March 10, 2015

Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) — 10 Years Later

Revisiting "Brokeback Mountain" after 10 years feels a bit like an archeological dig. After all,...