Black Bear
Lawrence Michael Levine is a part of the second generation of mumblecore filmmakers. Mumblecore is a “genre” of film in a way, but more so was a group of filmmakers [...]
The Nest
The long-awaited follow-up to "Martha Marcy May Marlene," the 2011 feature debut of Canadian director Sean Durkin, his sophomore feature film "The Nest" is another impressive film about dislocation and [...]
David Fincher Retrospective (Film Rankings from Worst to Best)
Easily one of the greatest film artisans of our time, film director David Fincher has had a film directing spanning nearly thirty years. Fincher holds an impressive framework of films [...]
Mank
Art and politics collide in David Fincher's ambitious and elegant effort that plays an extolling tribute to screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, superbly embodied by Oscar winner Gary Oldman in "Mank" [...]
Happiest Season
Even though same sex attraction is something that has been with the human race most likely since the dawn of humanity—I’m sure cavemen weren’t only clubbing cavewomen, if ya know [...]
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist
‘The Exorcist’ is one of the most iconic films in film history, and quite frankly, one of the most iconic pieces of art in general. Most people have no doubt [...]
The Climb
‘The Climb’ opens on two friends cycling, one of them tells the other they are going to get married and the other friend admits to them that they slept with [...]
Ammonite
It's always rewarding whenever you get two accomplished actresses in the same film together, especially when the are from two from different generations. Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan are paired [...]
Mortal
‘Mortal’ is a return to Norway for André Øverdal which is where he shot his breakthrough feature film ‘Trollhunter’, he then headed over to the U.K. for the coroner two-hander [...]
Ham On Rye
When I was in my late teens, I remember saying to my friends on a couple of occasions, that I felt like our lives were a movie; the late nite [...]