Studio-Era Hollywood's Still-Beguiling Screen Sphinx
“There just aren't any faces like that any more. Well, maybe one – Garbo.”
From evocative titles for silent...
Director Drake Doremus/2016
Drake Doremus follows up his previous effort, Like Crazy, with this futuristic utopian story where human emotion has been inhibited...
Woody Allen's Got Disappointment on the Menu.
DIRECTED BY WOODY ALLEN/2016
(This review contains plot points and a broad reveal or two about the film.)
A thor...
Filmmakers Make a Vibrant Film Out of One of Life's Darkest Passages
#23: Declaration of War (2013)/French
Director: Valerie Donzelli
How do you make a b...
When Coming-of-Age Means Coming Out
Film #18: Pariah (2011)
Director: Dee Rees
Alike (Adepero Oduye) is a 17 year old lesbian who has had a strict Christ...
Soairse Ronan Soars In Elegant Immigrant's Story
DIRECTOR: JOHN CROWLEY/2015
With little hype and a marketing campaign that is less than gripping, I worry ...
Repression, Rebellion and Romance Among the Hassidim
How do you solve a problem like Meira? A young Hasidic Jewish mother living in Montreal, she is quietly be...
The Latest Film Adaptation of a Thomas Hardy Novel
Director: THOMAS VINTERBERG/2015
Novelist Thomas Hardy took the title of his book Far From the Maddening ...
Open Marriages, Fidelity, and a New Look at the Modern Relationship
Director: VICTOR LEVIN/2015
Writer/Director Victor Levin jumps from the small screen to ...
Blake Lively Lives Through the Ages
Director: LEE TOLAND KRIEGER/2015
Much is being made about the fashion sense of the new film, The Age of Adaline. In it...
