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‘The Circle’ Is Far Better Than Nearly Everyone Would Have You Believe
An argument for James Ponsoldt’s misunderstood masterpiece. In the dank underground chambers of James Ponsoldt’s The Circle, inside the literal bunkers of a tech conglomerate called The Circle, a...
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‘Edge of Tomorrow’ is Getting a Sequel With a Silly Title
Will Warner Bros just settle on a title? Movie titles really do matter. There are few instances where it doesn’t such as when Disney/Marvel is involved because a movie could still be an untitled film...
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‘Logan’ Star Dafne Keen to Sink her Claws into New Drama ‘Ana’
The ‘Logan’ co-star’s new movie sounds a lot like, well, ‘Logan’. Logan’s Dafne Keen is to return to acting in feature films with her titular role in Ana. Keen’s first role since her breakout...
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South Korean Thriller ‘The Merciless’ is Set to Be the Next ‘Train to Busan’
The Merciless further proves South Korea knows how to make thrillers. The Merciless, the newest South Korean crime thriller, which will be screening at Cannes this month, now has distribution deals in...
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Blood, Sex and Metal on Full Display in the Overlook Film Festival Shorts...
From Red Lobster to friendly Satanists the Overlook Film Festival shorts package had a little bit of everything! Whenever I attend a film festival I always want to make sure I check out some of the...
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See Hayao Miyazaki Embrace Computer Animation in ‘Never-Ending Man’
A new documentary chronicles the director’s unexpected return. Mami Sunada’s 2013 documentary Kingdom of Dreams and Madness shows the making of what was supposed to be master storyteller Hayao...
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The New Movies of May 2017, In Order of Anticipation
Don’t believe what you’ve heard. This list is the official start of summer movie season. Forget everything you’ve been told about how summer starts in April with the arrival of a new Fast &...
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A Beautiful Lie: The Best Depth of Field Shots in Contemporary Cinema
An elegant, gorgeous montage. Speaking technically, depth of field refers to the distance between the subjects or objects nearest and farthest from the lens, and the sharpness of everything within that...
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‘Hot Girls Wanted’: Documentary, Sex, and Technology
The new Netflix series explores the complexities of sex in the modern age. In 2015, Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus premiered their documentary Hot Girls Wanted at the Sundance Film Festival, to mostly...
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11 Good Horror Movies to Watch on Hulu in May 2017
I’m here to tell you that there’s a cinematic streaming goldmine available on Hulu that includes recent hits, older classics, domestic releases, and foreign imports. Sure it’s mostly TV shows, plenty...
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‘Sleight’ Review: A Brilliant Superhero Origin Story
Celebrating the expansion of comic book sensibilities in J.D. Dillard’s ‘Sleight.’ The last thing the internet (aka the world) needs right now is another hot take on the box office dominance of...
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6 Filmmaking Tips from Guy Ritchie
What it takes to be the most mainstream cult filmmaker. Few filmmakers have as up and down a career as Guy Ritchie. Sometimes he’s seen as a cool director, then he’s seen as a hack. Sometimes he...
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Wild Black Yonder: The Wide Shots of Alfonso Cuaron’s ‘Gravity’
In space, no one can hear you scream. People hardly ever agree with me, but in a sense, I like to think of Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity as a horror film. Certainly, the premise is terrifying: being...
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‘It Comes At Night’ Review: The Director of ‘Krisha’ Delivers a Contender for...
A24 delivers another piece of top notch horror with It Comes at Night. It Comes at Night opens with a family forced to do something no family should ever have to do. It’s an emotional moment as the...
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Holding Out for a Hero: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Resistance, and Contemporary...
Why Nolan’s Batman films are the perfect metaphor for the here and now. First and foremost, Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy is about fear; the fear of being conquered, of being enslaved, on...
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Dystopic Sex Comedy ‘The Last Virgin in L.A.’ Hits All the Right Spots
F—k for your life. Being the last of your friends to lose your virginity sucks. I, uh, I would imagine. They’re all going on and on about how awesome sex is, sharing stories and anecdotes, and all you...
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Dressing Harriet Tubman
A conversation with the costume designer of WGN America’s ‘Underground.’ The period piece is dangerous territory. Historical narratives, battlegrounds in school board skirmishes, wade alongside our own...
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Take Me to Church: The Editing of the ‘Kingsman’ Fight Scene
Hiding cuts in a hurricane of violence. We’ve talked before about the narrative power of editing specifically when it comes to action scenes. In scenes like the Max/Furiosa fight in Fury Road or the...
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‘Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie’ Review: Streaming’s Low Standards For...
Jeff Garlin’s lethargic detective movie shows Netflix will buy any comedy zombie. The first thing you might notice about director/writer/actor Jeff Garlin’s third feature, Handsome: A Netflix Mystery...
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How ‘Beverly Hills Cop 2’ Works Despite Itself
What the Axel F?! To produce a sequel, in general, is to venture onto dangerous ground, but to make a comedy sequel is to wander recklessly into a mine field. The mystery is not hard to solve, think...
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