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It’s Time to Reconsider the Relationship Between Movies and Morality
Hollywood is used to being a scapegoat for acts of violence. Automatically implicating movies in the wake of unimaginable acts of atrocity has proven to be an easy way of pursuing closure without...
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You Can Watch These Sundance 2013 Movies From Home
Plane tickets to Park City aren’t too terribly expensive, but with the added cost of puffy winter jackets and hangover cures, Sundance can be a bit out of reach for most of us. I mean, that’s why I’m...
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Sundance 2013 Review: ‘The Lifeguard’ Splashes Around with No Real Purpose
Everyone has those moments when they question where their life is going, but hitting the pause button can end up doing more damage than good. When The Lifeguard‘s Leigh (Kristen Bell), a reporter for...
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Sundance Short Film: ‘Stuck’ is a Relationship on the Brink of Death
We’re exploring Sundance’s past all week, so we’ve got the usual batch of stellar short films with a Sundance twist. It’s like being there without the snow boots or Harvey Weinstein ruining screenings...
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Sundance 2013 Review: A Trip to ‘Big Sur’ Is Worth It For The Scenery, But...
Jack Kerouac is best known for his novel “On The Road,” which helped inspire the Beat generation and brought the author fast fame, but his next novel, “Big Sur,” told the story of how success only...
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Sundance 2013 Review: Impressive, Frustrating ‘Stories We Tell’ Slips Between...
The first thing that director Sarah Polley asks of the subjects of her documentary debut, Stories We Tell, is for “the whole story.” She asks for it with little fanfare and with an obvious desire to...
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Casting Couch: Toby Jones to Continue Antagonizing Captain America, James...
What is Casting Couch? Currently its a column that reports on casting news, but it’s thinking about getting into directing. The last time we saw Toby Jones’ Captain America character, Dr. Arnim Zola,...
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David Fincher Wants to Work, May Adapt ‘Gone Girl’
Have you been wondering where David Fincher has disappeared to since he directed the English-language version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo? Well, you can thank Disney for that. The A-list...
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Experience Sundance 2013: Naked Shia Labeouf and (Supposedly) Clean Towels
I started the day with a naked, drugged up Shia LaBeouf – a concept that would have thrilled me five years ago, but did not quite do it for me this morning. No – I did not wake up after a crazy night...
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Justified: Raylan and Boyd Face the ‘Truth and Consequences’
While this week’s episode, “Truth and Consequences” was certainly watchable, it was somewhat of a disappointment. Billy died from a snakebite, falling victim to his own blind religious fervor, which...
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‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Trailer Plays ‘Die Hard’ in the White House
Although Olympus Has Fallen foolishly begins with Aaron Eckhart playing the president, it eventually rights this wrong by replacing him with Morgan Freeman, the true ruler of this great nation. All it...
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Experience Sundance 2013: Everyone Here Is Obsessed With Sex, Plus the...
I should have known it was coming on Sunday, when a perfectly attractive young lady who was sitting next to me on a Sundance Film Festival shuttle loudly huffed to a pal sitting behind us, “I haven’t...
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Slamdance Video Spotlight: Reciting Scripture, Video Dating and Losing Yourself
If Sundance is the alternative film festival, Slamdance is the alternative to the alternative. We’re proud to be media sponsors for the festival, and to share a few filmmaking spotlights on the movies...
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Sundance 2013 Review: ‘Before Midnight’ is the Best of Richard Linklater’s...
It’s no easy feat to review one of Richard Linklater’s Before films – including Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Sundance premiere Before Midnight – because to attempt to chronicle and summarize...
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Sundance 2013 Review: ‘Sound City’ Rocks (with Dave Grohl on Drums)
There are many legends that surround the music industry, but Sound City was an actual place that embodied a mythology. Located in Van Nuys, California (i.e. the Valley, i.e. this is when you groan),...
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Sundance 2013 Review: ‘Blackfish’ Finds Beauty and Terror in the Chlorinated...
If Orca taught us anything it’s that killer whales enjoy the taste of Republican lady gams. If it taught us anything else though it’s that some animals are best left alone. If we have to cage...
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Sundance Short Film: ‘Death to the Tinman’ Brings a Miracle to Oz
We’re exploring Sundance’s past all week, so we’ve got the usual batch of stellar short films with a Sundance twist. It’s like being there without the snow boots or Harvey Weinstein ruining screenings...
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Sundance 2013 Review: ‘In Fear’ Is Inequal Parts Terror and Frustration
We can never really know the truth behind another person’s eyes. Even friends and lovers who’ve shared laughs and beds for decades and think they know it all will never be completely aware of each...
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Criterion Close-Up: Dreyer’s ‘Passion of Joan of Arc’ vs Hooper’s ‘Les...
What is the very best way to use of the close-up? Is it best to save close-ups for the emotional arcs of a film, or to introduce a character? Can too many close-ups leave audiences feeling...
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Sundance 2013 Review: ‘Manhunt’ Shows The Real Search for Osama Bin Laden
Zero Dark Thirty may have focused the forty minute raid which successfully captured and killed Osama bin Laden, but Greg Barker’s Manhunt takes you a few decades back when a small group of female...
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