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TIFF 2012 Review: Prepare to Cry in ‘Rust and Bone’
Rust and Bone follows the character of Alain (Matthias Schoenaerts) as he tries to make his way through life as best he can. We first see him with his son, Sam (Armand Verdure), on a train,...
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Unintentional Brilliance: How is ‘The Words’ Like ‘Raising Arizona’?
Note: This post discusses plot details of The Words but nothing that really requires you to have seen the film, which doesn’t necessarily have spoiler-able elements anyway. There are no tonal...
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Is ‘Cloud Atlas’ The Greatest Film of the Year? Or the Biggest Failure? The...
All evening I was prepared for the snarkily apathetic responses to a certain film holding its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival Saturday night. Sadly, there was no Tweet...
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TIFF 2012 Review: ‘Seven Psychopaths’ is Just Crazy Enough To Work
A film begins with its script. So when a screenwriter is poised with creating a script for a film entitled Seven Psychopaths and is unable to get past page one (for various reasons), it’s obvious we...
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TIFF 2012 Review: ‘A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s...
We all love Monty Python (if you don’t, just pretend you know what I’m talking about and keep going). And by that standard, anything with the name in the title must be gloriously brilliant. It’s going...
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Movie Houses of Worship: NYC’s IFC Center
Moviegoing is like attending church for many of us, and so I’d like to introduce a new regular feature titled “Movie Houses of Worship,” which spotlights our favorite temples of cinema around the...
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Can We Expect to See More Grandparent Comedies in the Future?
Today is Grandparents Day. So where are all the movies aimed at Americans celebrating the holiday? Is it that we still don’t honor the occasion the way we do with Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, even...
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Isabel Lucas Set to Headline Sexual Thriller ‘Careful What You Wish For’
Elizabeth Allen isn’t known for thrillers – unless you were digging your nails into the armrest during Aquamarine – but she’s on deck to direct Careful What You Wish For, the story of a high school...
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TIFF 2012 Review: ‘The Master’ is a Failure Disguised as Masterpiece
In his vitriolic review of Film Socialisme (Jean-Luc Godard’s self-indulgent mess that screened at Cannes in 2010), renowned critic Mark Kermode said: “the movie is incredibly boring and...
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‘Francine’ Trailer Shows Profound Desperation and Melissa Leo Rubbing Cats On...
In Francine, Melissa Leo plays a woman leaving prison to return to society, dealing with mountains and molehills on the outside. From the look of the trailer, the Oscar winner has the weight of the...
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What Are the Rules of ‘The Rules of the Game’?
Looking for any excuse, Landon Palmer and Cole Abaius are using the Sight & Sound poll results as a reason to take different angles on the greatest movies of all time. Every week, they’ll discuss...
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TIFF 2012 Review: Kiarostami Strikes Gold Again With ‘Like Someone In Love’
In Certified Copy, Abbas Kiarostami explored two people casually discussing their lives, revealing a surprising amount of information about themselves. The same format is taken here as Akiko (Rin...
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No Thanks, I’ll Stick With the Seat I Paid For
In one of my earliest Boiling Points I discussed seat saver’s etiquette. I had watched a lone person try to save nearly an entire row of seats and thought that was just ridiculous. Listen, if you’re...
View ArticleWatch: ‘LIGHT’ Quickly Answers an Age-Old Question
Editor’s Note: Today’s entry is done in support of Filminute, a really cool online festival that lets filmmakers tell their stories in 60 seconds or less. It’s the first of seven, so keep an eye out....
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Bradley Cooper Is David O. Russell’s New Mark Wahlberg
The Toronto International Film Festival has so far issued few surprises – after all, most of us were surely expecting that Cloud Atlas would divide, Argo would be solid, The Place Beyond the Pines...
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WB Confirms That The Wolfpack Will Hit the Road for ‘The Hangover Part III’
As the vast majority of criticisms that were lobbed at Todd Phillips‘ The Hangover Part II derided the director for essentially remaking his own first film (this time, set in Thailand), it’s...
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Watch All 609 Minutes of ‘The Twilight Saga’ in Theaters This November
As has become status quo for The Twilight Saga, Summit Entertainment has today announced that they will be “working with its partners in theatrical exhibition” to put together a terrifying five-film...
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‘Lincoln’ Teaser Trailer: First Footage Focuses on Back of Honest Abe’s Head,...
President Abraham Lincoln. Google. It’s a natural fit. The first official bit of footage from Steven Spielberg‘s highly anticipated Lincoln has finally arrived, and it’s done its damnedest to make...
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Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘Horns’ Grow Bigger As Three More Look to Join the Cast
Alexandre Aja‘s upcoming adaptation of Joe Hill‘s best selling novel Horns already has a solid and exciting lead actor in Daniel Radcliffe, but it looks like the cast may be about get even more...
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That ‘Y: The Last Man’ Movie May Finally Have Friends In High Places
Take this news with a hefty grain of salt. If Vulture‘s “well placed sources” are to be believed, an adaptation of Y: The Last Man may finally be heading towards production with New Line Cinema. The...
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