May 2014
The Grand Seduction
By EntertainerHop in the Way-Back Machine with me, boys and girls, as we revisit the late nineties. There was still a thriving art house scene. Theaters that fit the description made a sizable percentage of their income showing films that weren't capital-A...The Current Carries Them: The Personal Beauty of "Elena"
By EntertainerLike the beautiful "Stories We Tell," directed by Sarah Polley, "Elena" is an extremely personal documentary directed by a young filmmaker in search of her past—or part of it. It is a bold plunge into painful memories, unasked questions and...Video: Chaz Ebert Bids Adieu to Cannes
By EntertainerIn her final dispatch from the Riviera, Chaz Ebert shares some of her favorite moments from the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The following video includes some gorgeous footage of the town itself, as well as some of the A-listers who walked the red...Thumbnails 5/30/2014
By Entertainer1."Your Princess Is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement and Nerds": The Daily Beast's Arthur Chu pens a great piece on how socially awkward men are force-fed the fantasy that they will eventually win the heart of a woman "out of their...A Million Ways to Die in the West
By EntertainerUnexpected success often leads to creative disaster. With no one there to edit his extreme tendencies, to tell him casting himself in the lead might be a mistake, to warn him that breezy comedies shouldn’t be nearly two hours long, Seth...Filth
By EntertainerQuentin Tarantino’s 1994 "Pulp Fiction" gets a lot of grief for wellspringing, that is, for inspiring a container ship gross of (largely) inferior "edgy" genre pictures overstuffed with blood, guts, octane, and classic rock soundtracks. To...We Are the Best!
By EntertainerResembling a Swedish after-school special tailored for American art houses, Lukas Moodysson’s "We Are the Best" tells of two girls who, in the Stockholm of 1982, decide to become punk rockers and enlist a third girl to form a band, which is...The Big Ask
By Entertainer"The Big Ask", which was once called "Teddy Bears" and now perhaps renamed in a nod to "The Big Chill" given the similar set-up of lifelong friends dealing with death, is a weird little movie. It features a central protagonist who’s simply not...Elena
By EntertainerIntimate and impressionistic but ultimately a little self-indulgent, the documentary "Elena" explores the transcendent nature of the sisterly bond.Fusing memory and mystery, director and narrator Petra Costa traces the fate of her older sister,...Lucky Them
By EntertainerToni Collette radiates smarts, humor and a world-weary cool in "Lucky Them."Director Megan Griffiths’ charming little indie is pleasing on a number of levels, but much if its allure comes from the sexy, flawed, complicated woman at its center....
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