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Casting Couch: Paul Dano to Experience ‘Love & Mercy’ of Brian Wilson,...
What is Casting Couch? Today, it’s making deals at Sundance while also trying to drum up interest in its newest film, Exterior. Karaoke Club. Hey, that Brian Wilson biopic has finally got a lead! A...
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Broken Projector Podcast: Trying Hard to Love ‘Girls’
Hosts Geoff LaTulippe and Scott Beggs hate Girls, so they’re celebrating it with Kate Erbland, who was nice enough to help them understand the genuine love for Lena Dunham‘s terribly average HBO...
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‘Red 2′ Teaser Trailer Shows That More of the Same Doesn’t Have to Be a Bad...
2010′s Red was a fun action romp that featured both the expected in Bruce Willis and the unexpected in a hilarious John Malkovich and a gun-toting Helen Mirren. The $58 million comic adaptation...
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Film Jockeys #6: Steamboat Skywalker
What happens when a legendary film critic brings is geriatric crankiness to an internet movie show? Film Jockeys follows the adventures of Carl Barker, his far-too-young production staff, the...
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Review: ‘Mama’ Is Visually Creepy But Deflated By a Progressively Stupid Script
Once upon a time… horror films knew how to consistently land their third act. The original Black Christmas, The Exorcist and John Carpenter’s The Thing build tension and escalate the scares without...
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Who Will Be TV’s Next Lucille Ball or Andy Griffith?
During a conversation about television icons, a buddy of mine said that Matthew Perry is on track to achieve legendary status (and she wasn’t talking about his legendary knack for starring on shows...
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The Oscar Case for ‘Amour’ Winning Best Picture
Amour is a very difficult movie. I would go so far as to say it’s the toughest, most painful Best Picture nominee in an awfully long time. It’s so heartbreaking and uncomfortable that I was somewhat...
View ArticleSFotD: ‘The Last Airbander’ is a Celebration of Playing Without Instruments
Why Watch? If 2006′s Air Guitar Nation was a huge party for people who own picks but no axes, this short film from Phil McLean is the opposite — a mockumentary sending the idea of pantomiming the jam...
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‘The Kitchen’ Exclusive Trailer: Laura Prepon Is Having One Hell of a Bad...
Featuring a very talented cast of comedic talents (including Compliance‘s Dreama Walker in a refreshingly breezy role), Ishai Setton‘s The Kitchen takes the party-where-everything-goes-wrong to a new...
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‘At Any Price’ Trailer Features American Things Like Corn, Race Cars, and Zac...
At first glance, the trailer for At Any Price looks like it’s advertising a melodramatic movie that takes a mock-heroic look at being a farmer, but when you see that this thing has been directed by...
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Review: ‘Broken City’ Misfires with Lazy Filmmaking and An Unlikeable...
Broken City seemingly has all of the ingredients to be one of those action/dramas that is so cheesy it delivers – there’s Mark Wahlberg being tough, there’s Russell Crowe with a horrendous spray tan...
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Review: Slightly Muddled Narrative Keeps ‘LUV’ from Truly Shining Through
Editor’s note: LUV hits limited release today, so please take a look at Allison’s LAFF review of the film, originally published on June 19, 2012. Set on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland,...
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Casting Couch: ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ Adds Three More Actors You...
What is Casting Couch? It’s the casting column that lives on because Kate Erbland was goodly enough to step in and keep it going for a couple days. Let’s all thank Kate. Thanks, Kate. Usually when...
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Feast Your Eyes On the Adorable Food-imals of ‘Cloudy With a Chance of...
For its first sequel, the newly-minted Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs franchise has decided to take things in a slightly different (and tastier) direction. Instead of putting Flint Lockwood (voice...
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Manti Te’o's Fake Girlfriend’s Favorite Film Stories of the Week
It’s too bad everyone (but me) hates Catfish so much, because otherwise the Manti Te’o fake girlfriend story would make for a great movie, documentary or drama. It’ll still probably wind up being told...
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Fund This Film: ‘ACTION! Master Class With Nicholas Ray’
Fans of our regular series highlighting filmmaking tips from great directors ought to be interested in a project that’s in the works called ACTION! Master Class With Nicholas Ray. The legend behind...
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Slamdance 2013: ‘Hank and Asha’ is a Sweet Epistolary Romance for the 21st...
Narrative gimmicks don’t always draw me in, but when I’m in the middle of watching a bunch of unremarkable festival films and something as original as Hank and Asha comes along, I’m easily seduced....
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Experience Sundance 2013: Your Plane Is Too Heavy, Good Luck Getting to Park...
“The plane is overfueled for such a short flight, so we’re too heavy to take off right now, so we’re going to drain some fuel and bring up some baggage from underneath to redistribute what we’ve got.”...
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Experience Sundance 2013: Early Wake-Up Calls and ‘Mud’-dy Endings
Whenever Sundance begins again and I prepare to head back to Park City, one word comes to my mind: early. Because every time I have headed off to the snowy mountains that surround this festival, I...
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Movie House of Worship: Park City’s Egyptian Theatre
“Movie Houses of Worship” is a regular feature spotlighting our favorite movie theaters around the world, those that are like temples of cinema catering to the most religious-like film geeks. This...
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